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.
宣传911期间美国北方小镇接纳临时停靠的大量飞机乘客的音乐剧。从舞台布景灯光音乐到演员台词走位唱段无不体现出百老汇一流的制作水准。对比美国社会的现实状况，片中呈现的诸般美好难免透出一丝不真实。
动画纪录片《Chicago 10》的“洁版”，不洁的是无政府主义、反资本主义、切格瓦拉等等，你懂的，居然把Abbie Hoffman变成了一个爱国者，为了最后读名字的桥段把智多星Rennie Davis安排成了呆呆的小学生，把游行者的红旗变成了星条旗，把男卧底变成美人计等等等等。还循环利用了好多Law & Order，The West Wing...的台词，不遗余力地向自己致敬。索金唯一值得称赞的创意是：片中的大多数警察都是芝加哥警察局的真警察演的，也就是说，他们大概率在去年演完了1968年摘掉警徽打平民的警察之后，今年又在现实中在芝加哥街头做了类似的工作。另外演员都很棒。
用一个词来形容就是平庸，剧情平庸，叙事平庸，演员平庸，里朗斯和小雀斑、囧瑟夫基本没什么发挥空间，反倒法官施展的比较尽兴。不过这类写实的片子意义大于内容，看过的好多基本都是这个水准。
在很多方面点到为止，种族歧视、检控官的不情愿、政治斗争、善意的冲动…剧作能把这所有紧张又抓人地交织在一起，最基本的原因是现实足够魔幻。看得令人汗颜，哎！
配乐淡化了些许工整匠气，学院派的良心之作。
情绪饱满的最后宣判一幕与《辩护人》遥相呼应，我深呼吸好几口气才把眼泪压下去。并不巧合的是，两片讲的都是政府蓄意给普通公民思想定罪的故事。
开始还以为是揭露美国司法黑暗的片子，哪里知道人家司法体系居然真有纠错机制，堂堂大总统想定几个老百姓的罪居然都定不下来。公正的法律的重要性，大多数人大概只有在自己被审判的时候才能体会到。
Sorkin挺鸡贼的，最后找了一个平衡点做了一个平衡，将司法不公和行为事实拆开来看了，以完成故事的道德前提，又借吵架做了一次思想的左右互搏...
居然忘记评分吗？很喜欢众生相！悉尼还在上，要是疫情好一点挺想看看现场
最喜歡的一處（精心）的閒筆：當大衛忍不住終於向法警揮出自己憤怒的拳頭，他馬上做的第一件事情，是回過頭來看坐在庭審觀眾席上自己的兒子，想起自己對兒子的承諾，面對警察被捕，也要彬彬有禮不能丟掉自己的風度。這樣溫柔的人，怎麼可能是定義上煽動暴動的暴徒。不過曖昧的編導，在公園混亂的那場戲，才真正表明了態度，差點被強姦的女示威者，預示了無論領導者的涵養和初衷如何，當運動開始以後，很多事情就無法如想像中控制，那些如流水般捲入，別有企圖的人們，正是印證烏合之眾的定義，以及運動的不純性。
当懂王把今年夏天发生的一切称之为左翼暴乱、拒绝承认美国存在广泛的警暴和种族问题时，艾伦·索金用一部取材于真实历史的法庭片做出了最热血的左派还击，借古与讽今结合得有穿越之嫌。工整、沉稳的剧本揭露了美国不只有民事审判和刑事审判，还有杀鸡儆猴式的政治审判。而在国家机器碾压式的霸凌面前，从被告到律师甚至到检察官都做出了最理想主义的回应。——问题是，我们知道这一切不只是理想主义，而是真实发生过的美国现代史。没有无因的反叛，只有舍身的信念。为什么高举拳头？因为全世界在看。
开篇一段剪辑凌厉，不了解这段历史的观众需自行查阅补充背景，中间利用庭审来逐段还原事件的真面目，但索金的意图明显不是深挖而是借古喻今。前半段法庭戏好似疲于奔命的美剧，后半段金句频出，可惜全都是浮于表面的论述，大概索金还是驾驭不了如此宏大的叙事。只能说今时今日回顾这段历史的意义肯定大于索金拍出来的意义。
"it's nothing compare to the contempt my gouvernment has for me"
这里也有左翼生存的空间吗？键政口嗨就好，街头闹事会影响三代考公的。这里不仅有民事、刑事、行政诉讼，还有政治审判（暴论）。
近年来左派电影的高峰，犀利、高密度、痛快。左派的理想情怀再显得何不食肉糜，至少也有其可爱之处。对Abbie这位言必称Cultural Revolutuon的哥们很感兴趣，在一个不可说的年份自杀了。唯一不美的是，最后对那句以血还血类似的话做了“非暴力”的解读，过于牵强，还是往后缩了。这里得引用教员名言：XX不是请客吃饭，不是做文章，不是绘画绣花，不能那样雅致，那样从容不迫，文质彬彬，那样温良恭俭让。XX是暴动，是一个阶级推翻一个阶级的暴烈的行动。
当精英派、嬉皮士、保守派甚至于极端分子成为政府（体制）对面的联合被告，这已经近乎于对统治/管理者的死刑审判，何况还有前政府高官的反水，无论是作为历史事件的再教育，还是电影对社会现实的反射，索金的本子和技术都无可挑剔，而作为一种正义以及对「迫害」的警惕都是无关政治站队，正如「七君子」并非是一种同盟，而是基于对邪恶的反抗。
在看到穆斯林男人被单独审问时 很难过 看到穆斯林男人的女儿不敢去学校时 更难过
只想用丝滑形容索金的剧作和台词。一如既往的嵌套与张力将美国司法与权力系统嘲讽的体无完肤。《死亡诗社》式的结局是被统治阶级仅剩的反抗。成片其实略有一丝套路，但五星在豆瓣表示“力荐”，希望所有人都能看看，因为“全世界都在看”！
比之于《茉莉牌局》初登场时的蹑手蹑脚与人物塑造时的缺憾，在角色更多、故事更宏大的挑战面前，Sorkin没有知难而退，而选择了自己更为见长的路数赋予了这堂“历史课”合格的讲述。占大篇幅室内庭审戏的交锋用对白撑满、七英杰各自背后所代表的六十年代平行精神重召时代气氛、当然，还有免不了的选战前“带货”。信息上的丰富以及节奏上的饱满，把这起事件生动地记载了下来（即便有些时候是为了宣讲而宣讲）。我再说一次，正剧模式的Sacha Baron Cohen就是最屌的。
现今时代已远非60年代，每一起游行变成暴乱的背后究竟是谁策划的，谁可以利用“程序正义”光明正大地行使权力？司马昭之心路人皆知。
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