Hugarian Rhapsody

Sadly this is probably what's on the DVD.
The documentary will be PCM audio, hence it was loud and the 5.1 of course will be dts, hence it was quiter.

Don't know where the surround sound was though. Even during the guitar solo & Now I'm Here (where previous releases have gone to town with rear speakers) we heard nothing in Sheffield.
Was it even turned on?????

Went to the Amsterdam Pathe Cinema yesterday as a birthday present from a friend.
The place was sold out, and i had fine seates, 3rd row from the back, almost middle.
Everything sounded okay, the documentary was a little bit softer than the concert, but the concert sounded really good, a lot of low from Roger's kit, Brian's sound was a bit sharp in places but very clear, John's bass was put back in the mix, you could hear him but it was not at the same level as the rest, Freddie's voice sounded awesome.
Some songs had surround, like the instrumental piece in Radio GaGa, there were some synth sounds coming from the left/behind but mostly the songs were in stereo.
The quality of the film was very clear, at moments i felt as if i was there, that sharp, i enjoyed the concert, and all i could compare it with is my original VHS ;-)
But hey, i got the poster from the concert ;-)

Reading the reviews of the film here, I'm really quite worried if I see this movie in the theater, here in Brazil, only opening day in 10/24

Its a shame that so many people could not enjoy the concert. I can only imagine that it was an issue with the cinemas itself. I`ve watched the concert in Sydney, AUS, and the concert audio was fantastic.

I saw Hungarian Rhapsody in Bangor Co Down last night and it was great. Parts of the documentary were a little grainy but concert was in 5.1 and no volume problem. Especially noticeable on guitar solo, NIH and a few other place. I know there are many complaints in these forums and like everyone would like to see shows from the seventies, however Queen must have their reasons. Anyway picture quality much better than Wembley a wonderful show, great to get the cinema effect re-affirmed my fan experience that Queen with Freddie were a class act.

Saw the concert last night in Reading, PA and I had the opposite experience of most of you. The sound was so quiet during the documentary that you could barly hear it. A few people complained to management and they turned it up. So, by the time the concert hit the volume was perfect. It was definitely in 5.1 and, to my ears, a very good mix. Bit of a shame that they couldn't find the raw footage to make the concert complete. But still, Freddie was made to be seen on the big screen.

Hey! I saw it yesterday in Buenos Aires. It had more or less the same problems as in the UK.

The cinema was fully packed, around 200 people, who actually clapped and sang along to quite several songs.

Documentary was a bit louder, with awful video. Concert was at proper volume. It was certainly not full HD video. And the sound had poor and good moments. It was 5.1 but it sounded odd, as if not well configured. First two songs had a strange sound, with some bursts of louder sound at parts. The rest of the concert was fine, except for a very hardly audible bass, and poor sound during the acoustic set with lower sounds collapsing speakers.

Overall, it can be qualified as acceptable.

I had similar issues with the QPR Ukraine showing in 2009 here in the US. HOWEVER, I went to an IPIC theatre for HR and it was FANTASTIC. I'm so glad! The sound in both the documentary section and concert were both just right. Nice and loud for the show. TYMD and CLTCL both edited, color me pissed off. Great vocal performance from Freddie, great guitar from Brian too. As an ensemble, though... well... I think they do that better these days! Very clear sound indeed. Can't wait for the CD.

[QUOTE] [b]AdamMethos wrote:[/b]
Well, one of the special guests is Jeff somebody, co-founder of Eagle Rock. He's introducing the film. He says Eagle Rock has taken over the Queen film archive from Hollywood Records as of Sept 1 and they have more concert film planned.[/QUOTE]
^ most important post in the thread right there.

in edmonton docu was silent, concert was loud
west edmonton mall scotiabank theatre was full about 15-20%
i was disappointed with the video, was satisfied with the audio

The documentary was good. Some recycled footage, some new footage. The bits of footage from Mannheim, Slane and Newcastle are all from TV and have been seen before, but are probably new to most people. Soundboard audio was likely synched to them, as they sounded great. The band did record these shows properly. But the video quality of Newcastle was horrendous, which was either a YouTube rip or from a bad mpeg source. For the Knebworth clip of Radio Ga Ga, they actually used the audience footage of the Starvision screen, which cut into the familiar pro footage.

Without a doubt, the best moment of the night was when they showed the Hungarian support act, which everyone laughed pretty hard at.

The volume was perfect, and Brian's entry into One Vision knocked my socks off. It sounded massive. The sound was excellent, but I must agree with anyone who thought John's bass lacked some definition at times.

The friend I was with thought cutting away from the music to the non-concert segments provided a good breather from the concert, particularly after the assault of the first 6 songs.

Brian's solo was in MONO, as was the opera section of BoRhap and God Save The Queen. The rear channels weren't up and running, so these bits of the 5.1 mix were lost.

The video quality was just stunning. They've cleaned it up well, and it looks like it was filmed yesterday. While it's disappointing that the film was the exact same edit that was released in 1987, at least we can look forward to hearing the complete audio when it's released in November.

Brian's solo in MONO? Not where I saw it. Glorious STEREO :)

I enjoyed the evening, but the experience was certainly entirely different than the Rock Montreal screening at the same theatre a few years ago. First, this time around it all happened right in the middle of a local annual Film Festival which may have explained why the crowd was extremely small compared to the packed sold out show of hundreds for Montreal. I counted 35 people in the theatre at the beginning of the show, saw three bail at the beginning of Tear it Up, four at the vocal improv and missed the other exits that resulted in just 21 people remaining at the end. Montreal felt like a concert and the crowd responded more like a concert crowd and not a movie theatre crowd. This time, but for one guy who clapped during Ga Ga everybody was just quiet other than a smattering of applause at the end. The sound was a real issue. The documentary started at a volume like you were at home watching in your living room and you turned it down because somebody was sleeping on the couch. I'm sure anybody chewing popcorn didn't hear a thing. At some point the future Ga Ga clapper yelled at somebody to turn it up and it was turned up, however but for a few songs that seemed to pop there was a definite feel of distance and dullness in the audio. The video was just OK. Really what it felt like was watching a 40 foot YouTube video for a couple of hours. My mind wandered a lot, which certainly didn't happen watching Rock Montreal which was riveting aurally and visually. Because the audio issues seemed to prevent any real momentum from ever truly building the edits between concert footage and documentary footage were a little disconcerting. It was still a fun experience, and any opportunity to see and hear them in a novel way is worthwhile, but there were disappointments for sure after my expectations had been set by Montreal.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
Without a doubt, the best moment of the night was when they showed the Hungarian support act, which everyone laughed pretty hard at.
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Glad you got to go after all! Were you at the Toronto screening too? I forgot about the support act but yeah, that definitely got the biggest laughs of the night!

I'm wondering about a couple things not related to the sound. (haha) Who was the second guitarist? I missed catching the name in the end credits. And why was Brian's guitar trailing a long cord when John and Freddie (during Crazy Little Thing) had wireless packs for their bass and guitar. Was there some sound quality that Brian would lose if he went wireless too?

"The Queen: Hungarian Rhapsody - Live In Budapest was a one day special event. September 20th 2012 was the only show and there are no other scheduled performances." - Cineplex, Toronto. WHAAAAAT?????? I'VE MISSED IT!!! :'( Omg, I didn't read that info, who and where it was posted??? noOOOOOOOOoooo!!!