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.
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又一部IMDb评分高于豆瓣评分的电影，而个人观感介于二者之间。—— 看过获得十项奥斯卡奖的1961年电影版（个人并没有很喜欢，当初知道史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格导演要翻拍有些意外，但还是因此有点期待），因而对其故事和歌舞大致有所了解，2021年版算是不功不过符合我的预期，倒是艺术指导（尤其是还原20世纪50年代纽约街头的布景）、服化道、灯光摄影等技术方面的出色让我比较惊喜。★★★☆
英语和西语的台词不只是文化的碰撞而是一场战斗，和对空间、对女人、对骄傲的争夺一般无二。在街上行进、唱歌（包括国歌）跳舞是空间的一种占用形式，而叙事的推进是时间的占用形式，这很distribution of the sensible。波多黎各的多层的大裙子穿着跳舞特别好看，尤其是如此蓬松累赘，却被女舞者牢牢掌握着它的位置和形状，在舞蹈中未尝不是一种处于力量上风的挑逗。除了男女主角那愚蠢且不令人信服的爱情，这是一部能够一观的片子。
在法国文化中心看完了这部德国电影，《最终处决》。看整部片子的过程中一直在想，人类通过人为地监禁、处罚、设定规则，给自己的同类带来的痛苦，如果具象地转化为实体，应该是一个不可估量的庞然大物。
原本还在想改掉了61年版让白人化妆冒充波多黎各人是个优点，结果Spanish-English真的听不明白，还有大段不配英文字幕的西语。前半段添加了更多的细节，但使得后半段故事被斯皮尔伯格拍得很匆忙的感觉，我最爱的逃亡车库跳舞scene还被删掉了，换成抢夺手枪。斯皮尔伯格的场景设计如同battle field，全程忘了身在NYC。更喜欢61版里面舞厅跳舞时的亮色服装，新版舞厅场景和他们的礼服很和谐地融合在一起。新版帮派演员和男主一点记忆点都没有，Riff和Tony两人表现得根本不像好兄弟，男女主最后一幕演的好僵硬。莎士比亚戏剧确实很难改编好。
原版西区故事的蓝光修复画质非常出色，当时看完才知道michael jackson的beat it就是模仿的西区故事，所以对新版翻拍还是有点小期待了。结果这新版为了政治正确，为了彰显西班牙语和英语平起平坐，西班牙语对话没有字幕……斯皮尔伯格你干脆和吴京合作战狼3吧。
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。
斯皮尔伯格版本的《西区故事》在豆瓣快被骂死，但是在我眼里是一个完成度相当不错的故事新编。加入了transgender 类似的角色为了政治正确吧，也勉强理解。没有看音乐剧习惯的观众认真建议不要去电影院看，一个舞台剧改成音乐电影本身就会牺牲掉一些叙事（也和剧本有一定关系），听音乐看舞美就好。 新《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的故事放在什么时候，都能赢得我的几滴泪水，是时候去维罗纳看看了（虽然剧里发生在纽约啦！）
抛开政治正确滤镜，对于导演本人之外毫无意义的一次翻拍——无论在戏剧改编还是电影升级层面。如果斯皮尔伯格或任何创作决策者肯将西语去字幕化的政治嗅觉灵光度拿出一半用在视听上，恐怕也不会呈现各式镜头被60多年前旧作吊打的窘境。
6.5/ 恋爱脑女主 冲动小白脸男主 尬的不行的trans 白男核心的身份认同 是时代的肤浅缩影 新瓶旧酒似乎也没在新时代给人更多的印象与思考
剪辑调度精准华丽，叙境转换极度顺滑，近年来最“歌舞”的歌舞片，就是两位主角的表现实在令人一言难尽，不知欧美那边为何如此肯定女主的演技……
斯皮尔伯格的任性之作，估计除了他没有任何电影公司会为这个赔本买卖买单，翻拍了一部不属于这个时代的电影，男女主角毫无魅力，剧情也十分拖沓，略失望
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。
只有音乐合我意 复调听起来此起彼伏 太爽了 || A Boy Like That 唱得太他妈好了 而且不像老版是有缩水 这次完整的争吵到爱让人失去理智整个转变过程 稍微舒服点点 (book人设就这样了...)
斯皮尔伯格说这是他拍过的最难的电影，确实很难，超越经典太难了。
笑场无数次 其中一次因为男主演技太差笑到浑身出汗
歌舞场景都有超越到原版的，不过男人打架的故事我不想再看了，再加上罗朱的一见钟情，演员颜值不高的话我都get不到。Spielberg的第一出musical，他就不适合用xx years old来形容，而是at 75 years of youth。
就算是翻拍故事的核心也实在太老旧，服化和一些镜头调度是还不错，但是2021谁还要看这种boys will be boys/物化女性角色的青少年罗朱故事，Ansel眼神空洞到让人感叹坞里真的是没人了怕是来个机器人都能比他好，Jet和Sharks每个人都脸孔模糊到火拼看起来就是练舞室打架，看完除了一首tonight没有任何值得留在脑海里的东西
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。
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。
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