Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour

I was lucky enough to see Madonna perform the live songs from Rebel Heart for the first Sydney show, and her performance was impressive. This tour was inclusive, and it was an amazing feat how she travelled this show to the various nations. Also, there were a number of controversies that are well known to Madonna, but I'm not going to acknowledge these matters for this review. The runway with a large heart at the end was interesting, and the costumes were colourful for this show. The medieval costumes for "Iconic" reminded me of Game of Thrones because that night Madonna invited Gwendoline Christie to be on stage with her. The DVD and Blu-ray have special features such as an excerpt from Tears of a Clown and "Like a Prayer", and some versions a live CD from the tour.

Whenever Madonna hits the road you know you'll be getting a top notch experience. I've been to two concerts of hers and have not seen anything like it. My review has nothing to do with the amazing concert Madonna and her team put together (although I cannot understand why the beautiful "ghosttown" was not added to the setlist).

But it was very disappointing to see how the editing destroyed this experience by using insanely frenetic cuts for reasons that go beyond anything I can understand, it's impossible to appreciate a nice take the way they did it. Plus, the amount of filters and images from the background screens that were mixed with the actual performances turned the experience of watching this very annoying. In a certain moment, they cut from the main dance routine of a song so that images of the background screens can be shown. Awful, distasteful, and almost a crime to the show and the fans who didn't get to see it live. A waste of good material.

I attended the show here in San Juan and the whole show is breathtakingly good but when i saw the blu-ray version i was disappointed because there is so many moments that were ruined by placing the screens backdrops in front of what was going on on stage that missed great moments!!! Luv the backdrops BTW!!!

This is not so much a concert-film as it is a set of music videos created from a particular concert tour. There are many cuts including "instant", multiple costume changes during a song (just like a video), overlaid light effects, and so on: a little bit frenetic at times, but very well done.

If you like Madonna videos, you should like it.

I see reviews that condemn the movie because it is not the concert that they saw.

The greatest performance I've ever seen! I really loved the 'Burning Up' rock version. 'Holy Water' made me cry of laughing:) She was so serious while performing. The gig is definitely a must-see!