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.
满怀期待去看，触动并不是很深，也许因为我本来就是没什么追求的废柴吧......
每个人都在平庸地活着，为何一定有目标才能有火花？皮克斯认真起来从来没有让人失望过，这次他们又打开脑洞，通过一个音乐老师濒死灵魂出窍的点子，来探讨灵魂的本质与生命的意义。简洁的画风加上自在的幽默，一个死后的魂灵世界便奇妙地出现在眼前，在一系列兜兜转转的冒险之后，又能给你会心一击，让眼泪在眼眶里打转。
睡觉好电影。不过我好像已经过了这种说教的年纪。
老鱼说：“海洋？可是你现在就在海洋里啊”
因为Disney+Pixar这样的存在 才使我对现代动画充满向往 我不仅向往那每一帧的画面 更向往那群创造奇迹的地方
小时候不觉得什么，长大后再看却是现实和人生呀
还挺佩服皮克斯的想象力的，旧瓶子还能装这么有想象力的新酒，然而你无产阶级爷爷早就看穿了一切。
哲学上来看是非常硬核的片子，只是用普通人最容易接受、最容易记住的方式去讲述，“人生之意义”选择了这种大众方式去讲难免流露些说教之意，但这肯定不可能是创作者所在的层次，毕竟“人生的意义”在语言学层面上甚至是个病句呀。好莱坞编剧的基础人文底子是让人敬佩的。
❸这边的人设可盐可甜，那边的灵魂可男可女。
也不是特別好，挺老套的，但當Joe把棒糖、披薩邊、線圈、碎麵包和黃葉在鋼琴上一字排開的時候，突然就哭得稀裡嘩啦。生活不是一個目標，生活是每一分鐘。
因为有了那段轻盈而曼妙的蒙太奇，《心灵奇旅》可以视为一部关于存在的电影。落叶—城市—地球—银河，影像起落，境界飞升。此段蒙太奇的魔力堪比是枝裕和的《奇迹》，对于观众而言，这也是“生之来处”。乔误以为音乐梦想是生活的出口，其实只是一个借口，一场宏大的幻觉，远不及一片握在手中的落叶，一段讨生活的艺人在地铁中弹奏的旋律，更加值得珍视。生命的意义是什么？如此厚重的叩问，被皮克斯轻轻点破。
亲爱的朋友们，请以自我觉察和觉醒迎接崭新的水瓶纪元吧。我祝福你，获得只属于你的独一无二的人生。
和我老爹去看的，两人包场，去的时候老爹和我聊工作，聊学习，看完电影回来，建议我找女朋友，还问我喜欢什么车。
虽也套着“梦想、成长、亲情、人生”等诸多易流于大词的外衣，但皮克斯以不竭的想象力和繁盛的创造力，再次定义其工业标杆的当之无愧，某些场景几乎与实景无异。
皮克斯稳到可怕，继《寻梦环游记》的亡灵世界之后，又以绝妙的想象力营造出了一个奇幻的灵魂世界，概念与娱乐并驾齐驱。对人生的执着或是逃避都不是最重要的东西，体验平凡，认真去对待人生的每时每刻，这才是生命最完整的意义；是一次对追逐理想与回归平凡的双向成全，是对存在主义的探索与自证。几乎已无悬念锁定2020年度最佳，以及93届奥斯卡最佳动画长片。
非常适合人格型塑期的孩子看，让尚未直面人间苦难的他们知道人间值得。但对我这种年近四十的阿姨来说，电影回避了真正的人生问题和存在之惑，可以让人因叙事和技术处理而有所感动，却不会进入灵魂深处。
我听过关于一条鱼的故事。小鱼游到一条老鱼的旁边说：“我要找到他们称之为大海的东西”。“大海？” 老鱼问：“你现在就在大海里啊。” “这儿？” 小鱼说：“这儿是水，我想要的是大海。” 目标不是人生的spark，生活本身才是。看完此片，关掉电脑，所有曾经拥有的Spark，纷纷涌上心头。
他突然发现，他为了他的爵士梦，错过了太多太多。
袁公和蛋生。天庭和朝廷。平民活得卑微无力，妖精骗的风生水起。
儿子看不太懂，我觉得略鸡汤。人到中年，自然能体会几分人生的意义。活在当下远没有台词那么轻松。
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