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.
技术上能够把如此多的元素和主题塞到一个片子里，同时还能兼顾搞笑，煽情，恶趣味以及讲道理本身已经是一件极具难度的事情
我也想只做块石头，也想我妈放手，也想everything被吸进黑洞…
❤️有几个瞬间快落泪了，最近才看了《青春变形记》探讨母女关系，哭得我不行。这部也是很多母女亲情的泪点，但是代入的是妈妈的视角，作为移民也更能共情杨紫琼的角色。看得我更不想生孩子了🥲生了还要经历她的青春期
电影透过伊芙琳在各种平行宇宙中的多样性来玩花活，叙事和表演用力过猛。一直感觉这位导演重小细节创意不重大戏剧结构，对世界观的阐述对白和介绍文字过多，像在看中英文说明书，他还不具备积累足够戏剧张力和情绪烘托的能力。其长处是视觉层面有硬核的东西，有剪辑思维的观众可能会觉得新颖，导演的屎尿屁口味从《瑞士军刀男》延续下来，能抓住很多视觉high年轻观众。导演的作者表达和我同样不喜欢的《青春变形记》异曲同工，集中在东西方教育问题的碰撞，对西方观众进行了一番东方家庭价值观的巡礼，包括代际关系、取向观念和自我接纳等等。
怀疑和好评们看的不是一部电影，每一分钟我都想问这是在干什么，乱七八糟。还以为我的电影审美和幽默感出问题了。导演是不是看过《叶问4》。我就是这个宇宙的杨紫琼，我是成功之母。华裔导演用轻松的笔触去写父权虎妈，最后也就囿于这一方阴影了。妈就算成了超级英雄还要逃避女儿的追杀，爹软弱无存在感还得硬写闪光点，东亚女真可怜。
Finally something new! 虽然有大量视觉奇观，但最最重要的设定还是用了亚裔中年女性做主角，这一改直接给故事提了三级。这真的是我们完全没有能力、没有市场、没有可能做出来的故事了。
AtOnce：但我仍愿意龟缩在这个我混的最次的宇宙里，因为我虽然见过虚无一切。仍想亲手抓住属于我的小小羁绊。吾爱是我存在的意义。
看看隔壁Morbius, Lost City, Uncharted之流，票房扑街的背后是灵感的枯竭。这几年好莱坞热衷于拥抱各种主义、各种套路、各种公式，已经逐渐被反噬。很久没有在大荧幕上看到这种喷薄而出的创意和天马行空了。把东方元素演绎的又丝毫不做作，把简单内核描绘的丝毫不刻意。如果今年能有比这更好的片子，那该是得有多好。
华裔的毁天灭地来得太文明了，选战场也仅限于IRS的office。
看完深深感慨“妈的多重宇宙”这个译名也太妙了，和这部电影一样妙。
太东亚了，宇宙崩塌妈妈依旧只在意你是不是同性恋
没想到还活着的时候可以看到这样的电影。想法超前，执行一流，情感密度和设计复杂程度都是前所未有的浓厚，条线布局是目前看过最高的。选角也是很惊喜，在我以为杨紫琼没什么戏路的时候居然又打破了我的预设。不断推翻再推翻。是这几年看过最牛逼的电影了，各个方面。
everytime ⊙⊙
很长，用如坐针毡形容不为过，除了杨紫琼以外的所有角色毫无演技可言，情节乱七八糟，美式鸡汤虽迟但到，带着脑子进场结果人都不给你任何思考余地的，躺着被灌输就行了。这就是电影的未来吗？
我个人是极其不喜欢的。
5星我会给4.99颗星，10分我会给9.99分，电影呈现真的无与伦比，但每次看这种东亚母女情都让我又痛苦又恐惧，等到什么时候大家真的拍出来“妈妈真的就是不爱你，你的痛苦都是真实存在的，只有离开这个病态家庭你才能治好自己的病”我才能够坦然地给出我的满分。
两个小时花里胡哨归根到底还是“妈妈爱你”这一套，腻了烦了，想看“你妈终其一生只爱她自己，她不爱你，全宇宙那么多世界线上没有人爱你”的结局
這片不但將劇情、喜劇、科幻、哲學多種類型融於一體，且在保證娛樂性的同時，也有極為豐沛的作者性。除了將一切嚴肅的議題都用非常高級的戲謔手段解構一遍之外，最後重構愛和信念的手法也是一種非常當代的、時髦的，帶著東方氣質中羞怯又準確的表達。不論是男性也有軟弱無能的權利，還是女性不必以母職和家庭為天命，抑或是接納自己和他人都可以是一個「沒用的人」最終在那件寫著 PUNK 字樣的中式紅色開衫上，成為這代移民最好的文化註解。
上次有这样的观影体验的电影还是汤浅政明的《心理游戏》······ 如果国内能上映的话去支持一下。
大家是不是对讲“爱”的电影PTSD了？塑料小眼睛才是最重要的呀！看见每个时间和每个空间不同的自己，都同样面临问题；看见每个人，敌人与爱人，都有自己的生活中具体的所爱之物。我想这不算空谈了，它讲了非常具体的事儿。让我们少谈些主义，多理解别人！是吧。
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
