David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.
【2.0】对没看过旧版电影或是喜欢传统歌舞片的观众来说，这或许还是一部青春洋溢的餐后甜品式电影，然而不巧的是我对旧版和歌舞片都谈不上有多大的热爱，何况本片的演出节奏和调度相较于旧版都显然退步，观影实在很难说是愉快的。
史匹堡试图加大背景格局，又想（或者不得不）弱化原版的一些种族冲突效果。于是导致粉碎性魔改，原版的超经典开场被改为拆迁背景＋夺宝奇兵式动作戏，全片基调从原本的高对比冲突美学改为写实暗调＋内在明媚，舞台感全失。改编要谨慎，端水不可取。
其实除了男主僵硬的演技以外（可能是导演觉得他的气质跟这部电影的调调比较搭），整部电影我还是蛮喜欢的，不管是场景调度还是摄影，配角们的塑造，还有那非常有质感的调色。希望斯皮尔伯格有生之年再多拍点电影。
原版就除了镜头调度极其过誉，这版也就对一下政治不正确进行修正，剧情还是一样烂俗无聊，也就摄影调度勉强能支撑人看下去。
完全浪费时间，看过那么多歌舞片，这是第一个毫无美感的～曾经才华横溢的老斯，近些年真是越来越平庸
这个时代还翻拍这种话百老汇音乐剧就是一种文艺复兴，现在的美国人天天刷视频，这种动辄俩小时半的故事夹着一个多少时的歌舞让看惯短视频的人坐如针毡，但只要看进去还是可以慢慢享受的。大部分演员歌舞表演表现不俗，其中男主角用力过猛感觉不太自然，相比之下俩个男配跟随性洒脱一些。电影一大加分项就是镜头。斯皮尔伯格的运镜那绝对是教科书级别的，外加光的利用和颜色的衬托让角色的内心跃然大银幕。电影剧情翻拍经典，原版致敬了《罗密欧与朱丽叶》所以没啥好说的。电影的音乐部分用力过猛，导致某些角色几乎没说过台词都是边唱边跳不说rap。剧情在2小时后开始摆烂，因为作为观众无法代入原谅杀夫之仇的敌人的设定，这太奇怪了！原版就是这么拍的所以这个歌舞片就是个百老汇音乐剧，想看逻辑严谨的故事剧情片的话还是别看这玩意了。
太难看了，故事稀烂，逻辑稀碎，歌舞平平，又臭又长，主要男女主角太丑又没啥演技，如坐针毡啊。
除了全方位360°无死角的史皮堡对场景，演员的调度和他强大的控场能力之外全都是full shit。没看过原版，也想象的出原版多难拍，而这版因为男女主角特别是男主角演技差到一直跳戏，歌难听，演技差。一直很好奇国产剧出了个"只看ta"的功能，这一次全用在主角身上，除去主角们的狗血，情爱之外，就是一场对旧时代的拙劣致敬了。
音乐剧好看不代表拍成电影也好看，哪怕他是斯皮尔伯格。国内看过音乐剧的人我相信都没多少，所以这种音乐剧改编成的电影大多数国内观众还是难以接受，尤其说西班牙语的时候还不给字幕对观众太不友好了，故事还是罗密欧与朱丽叶一样的老套故事情节，评分高不了。
看來六十年前的經典精品還是經典，連大師都沒辦法做到等量齊觀，算是交了白卷。
没想到在短时间内看到了一部比House of Gucci还要尬，还要难看的电影，到结束我也没能理解这个烂俗故事被翻拍的意义。确实从这个新版里，可以感知到斯皮尔伯格对歌舞片的一些想法，也尝试让影像在叙事上高于歌舞，但本身（也许是我自己的偏见），在我们现代的视觉里，这些歌舞还是割裂在情感之外，被鲜艳的色调冲刷，让表演在形式里失去意义，主角二人只好在片尾通过台词吼出自己的情感然后再被“原作”拆散。
除不时闯入并撕裂剧情的歌舞部分外，所剩的一切都是如此冗长无趣。没看过原版，但这极有可能是最差的一部斯皮尔伯格。
每一部西区故事都是Anita传，顾名思义除了Anita其他基本都是垃圾。以为原版男女主之间的龃龉和脚演技已经够糟糕了，新版男女主真的讨厌升级，电影演员最怕人丑胆子大演俊男美女，雪上加霜的是俊男美女配上原版就不讨喜的智障人设，他俩出现在我眼前的每一秒都是对我人生的糟践。斯皮尔伯格的摄影和调度每一帧都写满了我厉不厉害，可惜成熟（注意是成熟不是优秀）的技巧加在一滩屎身上也只会让人更反感这滩屎，至于音乐剧层面我已经完全忽略了。
老斯是自己过自己的日子与世无争了，除了技法高光，其他的聊胜于无。
你敢相信吗，一部音乐剧，我居然是在4月份的飞机上没耳机看了前半部，再在7月份的飞机上没耳机看了后半部…所以也不好评价了……之前说好的卡司都没兑现啊
歌舞部分竟然被压缩至此，绝大部分叙事通过常规方式表达，这点在我看来算是加分项，尤其是不能保证演员唱功的前提下。不过女主演的唱功好棒哦！难怪找她来演白雪公主！可惜中后段不管是布景还是叙事又有点回归舞台剧的感觉，变得有点古怪，最后的结局也是显得很戏剧化。总体还算不错的一部音乐剧电影吧，可能我本来就对这个剧本无感……男主94年的已经这么多主演了🐮🍺
种族，性别，战争……女性角色全部化身情感的使者，告诉我们唯有爱能化解一切。六十年后再次问鼎奥斯卡的硬实力已经具备，但奥斯卡“守旧”的可能性并不大。
以及里面trans的角色，我明白加入他的意义，但是这个角色在剧情里可有可无，没有实质性意义，想要引发的思考也浮于表面。
翻拍嘛，情节的事就不归导演管了
种族歌舞两群问题青年，男女主结局对比爱情过程太过草率也不符合情理了吧，没看过原版的我？？tonight还是挺好听的
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