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A great show turned into unwatchable mess by terrible editing and sound


I have attended the Rebel Heart tour and this movie does not represent
it at all.

It looks like the director tried make concert into a music video that
is supposed to be running in background in some club so people can
dance to it.

There are two things fundamentally wrong:

- First is the The "teenage attention span" ADHD editing. The concert
footage is heavily mixed with video clips that were running on big
screens on stage. Most of the time the sound does not match the
picture. You can clearly see Madonna's lips don't sync with the sound.
And that's not only because of overly artistic editing. It's also
because the sound is not form that visuals:

- Second, the sound is for the most part is not from the concert. It's
obviously not live recording which is especially evident by Madonna's
vocals. Only some slower songs retain the original vocals.

So this is not a concert video because it does not have concert sound,
no atmosphere, you can't watch it as a concert because of the cuts
every 1-2 seconds.

Why watch this? If you want to watch music videos you will be better
watching Madonna's music videos for songs in album. If you want to
watch the show itself you can find much better "pirated" videos from
the tour on Youtube.

Overall, if pirated concert videos on Youtube represent the show better
than your movie, you've done it wrong.

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Have to agree. Saw her in San Jose and the show was incredible! However, so much gets lost in this version. You miss the intricate choreography, audience interactions and it is cut like a bad music video. I really hope they put out a purer version on DVD, or I will just keep watching you tube versions.

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