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.
像是看了一部异域片 对于蓬头垢面窸窸窣窣在电影院盘腿吃奥尔良全鸡的大粗大糙人来说 对这般程度的精致生活老传统的讲究追求 到底是怎么一种感受 实在是很难想象 就是那种很amazed的感叹但又感觉遥远的懵 为什么上海人老师们能这么认真密实地生活 (虽然知道经过影视剧夸张 (但我真的感觉一对比自己心更如寸草不生的荒漠
平安夜太适合看这个电影了。太能体会老白了，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈，断舍离，不都是在上课嘛，活到老，学到老。我也想像老乌一样，跟朋友喝一场，然后安然死去（不过我好像没朋友…现在的唯一目标：健康活到四十，然后死去，捐献遗体。无双太美了～而且居然有红拂夜奔！还是要相信神话，为情绪加一星吧。
《繁花》为啥不交给这个班子拍？难得看到国产电影里把都市题材拍得好看又机灵。老克勒pass掉这一节猜到了，大概总免不了最后要升华一下，好在意义在追思会上消解掉了：大家看费里尼的电影困得东倒西歪，一听要吃夜点心马上来了精神，忙着讨论老大昌的苔条和护手霜的气味了。
更：看到这个评分估计是我误会导演了。
十颗星，哭完了一包纸。后来朋友说，你就是想找个机会，刚好哭一哭吧，倒也没错。第一次哭泣，是短暂的天台聊天，原来承诺竟然是爱情里不可承受之重，压垮了夕阳和紫色短发。第二次，是爱情神话，是她离开后他的罗马也坍塌了。没什么触景生情，我只是为“爱情”这件事本身哭一哭。成年人，就会“为你好”，就会“学聪明了”，就会侧身，往后捎一捎，就会错过。都无可厚非，也不是都需要爱情。生活嘛，简单过第一名。但电影造梦，四十多岁的人，也还是坚持那个朴素真理：上天会厚待那些勇敢的，坚强的，多情的人。片子很灵，选了还潮和八仙饭店的歌，台词很好，中国伍迪艾伦般惊喜了。
观感全程轻松惬意，市井气息和小资情调相得益彰，对白处处彰显生活的精髓和真谛，几段人物关系和情感也相当深刻铭心，还有方言魅力的加成，不愧为年度惊喜。
结尾好评，换我看费费的《爱情神话》也会看不懂加各种吐槽。
Serious?😵什麼愛情神話，哄抬豬價吧
中年爱情，美妆达人，各种上海专属烟火气，每一个都踩到我的点。感觉电影院里上海宁含量超标，因为播到用上海话骂人时整个电影院大概除了我都笑了……（真是第一次听……）但还是想吐槽——别说上海，一线城市哪有天没黑就能下班的广告公司……
最喜欢皮匠。大隐隐于市的哲人。在咖啡馆和古典音乐边上修鞋。演技真好！
全片沪语，老弄堂，小资情调，海派风情，金句频出。或许有些标签化，有些片面，可两个小时的电影，展现一面已经足够。
不过从这片子本身来看，着实可以咂摸出些滋味，一群人到中年的上海土著，要么有收租的房子要么有拼了二十年的事业，在一种什么都不缺的条件下，有得是半辈子的经历，去考量他们所要的爱情是浪漫还是实际，这比所有小青年搞那些撕心裂肺虚情假意可有意思多了。
还有看完电影之后终于明白为啥叫爱情神话了，原来是致敬。
豆瓣特供影片，离异包租公的中年爱情。全篇稀碎的女性观点不断涌出，可惜并没有什么说服力的论据；拍摄手法和结尾设计有点巧思，但要市井不够市井，要惺惺作态又不够作，崇洋媚外又不够谄媚，夹层的架空世界，很难共鸣。如果是为了讽刺这一批人就还可，但看不出来导演和编剧持有的态度。
电影《爱情神话》让我的星期天鲜活起来，让我有了一个与众不同的星期天，是定格我人生某个时刻的重要电影。
2022001 摩登且市井，文艺又生活，一部仅属于上海的城市电影。
两个女人声讨男性话剧导演，撕破刻板设定的那场戏好灵。果然是女导演。当不把两个性格迥异的女人视为视为对立面的时候，长舒一口气，觉得被生活可能出现的剑拔弩张放过了。但这剑拔弩张又是被戏剧塑造出来的偏见。
以爱为主题，女段子手当然可以写出，对着吧台上眉眼伶俐胯轴舞动的公狗腰心猿意马，而后挽着自己的土肥圆老公心满意足回家煮饭的真情调侃，导演确实不必背负必须社会表达的包袱，现实也确实不是费里尼的电影，反映老白真的很忙不是电影的使命，但老白只是看起来很忙也没啥可以和生活共通的假象，生活的甜蜜甚至没法在那几条吴侬软语和万国语深重的老街之外反过来念，毕竟那现在也依旧是租界，加一星给讲述自己心心念念的故事后，马上掩埋情感免得自己活像笑话的操作，和电影简单的反讽还比较搭配。
前半部分笑点很多，徐峥杵那里弄个表情就想笑。大家称赞的两场戏，餐桌上与画廊墙壁投影上的女性主义宣言都有种话剧感乱入之尬（因为是将更年轻点的小资亚逼故事移植到中年中产身上？中年人会这么讲话么？）；对于觉得老乌那故事最尬的观众，我们是否可以理解成是有意经营的荒诞，尤其是他死亡的缘由。开头话剧名字的自嘲就很好笑，所有人除了吃穿讲究睡来睡去并无展现多少“艺术涵养”，一张dvd进去，野鸡字幕组免责声明飘出来，看到困觉不如涂护手霜；国际学校校车反复停，“我在推特上看到”，“八九年出国留学”，“你外公留下的房子”。而最“悬浮”的正是这个，在一团和气的片子里唯一差点显出地域歧视的老乌，写着满是病句的策展语，念叨着早已过时的风流韵事，爱惯浪头，但精神与物理居所都脆弱地仰赖他者，一副老灵的肌肉下喝点酒就能一脚去
为何影片塑造的上海中产群像让我感到如此“悬浮”？往小了说，我不理解母亲总一声不吭从儿子家里拿东西的行为出发点；往大了说，我不理解这群中年“伪文青”们为何非要以“懂艺术”为必备标签（如布置画展时有青年“美院老师”对其艺术风格提出质疑，老乌便立马呵斥：“你懂什么！就是你们这些人祸害了艺术！”）。此外，不仅片中配角“精致”的第二重身份似乎基于刻板印象（上海的鞋匠是认识jimmy choo 的，上海的奶茶店员副业是干美妆博主的），而且中产们边提及自己在欧美的生活经历，边漠视/边缘化与自己一同生活的“伪意大利人”（画家曾数次以交房租为借口将其支走再同他人聊天）的做法也让我觉得有些言行不一。导演一抒情就铺歌，拍摄风格也不统一（甚至有些段落可以说拍得粗糙），唯一亮点是首场饭局“话里藏刀”的对话。
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