Solomon

Great portrayal of Solomon's strengths and many mistakes in his life, may God forgive him in his repentance.

When I read the King James Version of the Bible, it says the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon, commended him for his wisdom, and gave him many gifts, and that was it. Then at some point, Solomon fell away from his hebrew ways due to the persuasion of his many non-hebrew wives. In the movie, it's Queen of Sheba who marries Solomon and her ways intrigue Solomon and this draws him away. I'm not an old testament scholar so I could be missing other insightful info elsewhere. I was left to think the movie is not according to the scripture. However the movie was well done and it cast light on what Solomon's personality could be like so the scriptures made more sense to me. I do recommend this movie. I enjoyed it and it brought better understanding to me.

My children LOVE this movie (I skip the beginning however, with its war like sequences) and to me this is absolutely, unequivocally Vivica Fox's BEST ROLE HANDS DOWN!! She is so gorgeous here and my 6 year old is so inspired by her beauty here. A much better portrayal of Queen Makeda of Sheba by a Black actress than Halle Berry, but for sure more movies should be made with Black actresses portraying this historical Empress. I only wish they traded places and had the costume designer and the actor that played Solomon in the 1995 adaptation in this one, and kept Vivica Fox as Empress Makeda (aka Queen of Sheba)

I will make this very short. This was a wonderful production and Ben Cross did a great job in it. The only issue I had is that the writers did not need to take some of the liberties they did with it. Was Solomon a womanizer? Yes--look at the many wives he had...Did he marry the Queen of Sheba--Hell no! He didn't have children with her either. Had they stuck to the plot of people trying to keep him off of the throne and NOT added a false storyline, this picture may have sold far more tickets. Look at "The Passion". Gibson did stick to that storyline for better or worse--with the exception of the evil looking spectre creature following the procession to the cross.However if you are a Ben Cross fan, this is simply worth the purchase for his performance in it. He was great!

If you read 1 kings it's close but not fully accurate. They also made a bigger deal about the visit of Queen Sheba then what's BIBLICALLY stated. Not saying they didn't have something happen between them which she does bear a son who is presumed to be King Solomons, BUT again it's not BIBLICALLY stated. So going by the Bible, it's not accurate. There were a lot of little inaccuracies with the facts and even the time line of things. Personally, I also don't feel they needed to add the scene of him and Queen Sheba about to have sex. Not that it showed any nudity, though the sheet was barely covering her breast. This is supposed to be a Christian movie or a Bible story and that scene was definitely unnecessary. My personal conviction is to not watch anything with sex or nudity.It also states Biblically that only 3 of his children were recorded in the Bible, though I would imagine having 700 wives and 300 concubines he'd have a bunch of kids. So to add all the kids scenes seemed to take the main focus of the real story of Solomon. I guess bottom line it was just ok and I wouldn't recommend it. Go watch The Chosen instead!

This film has a great cast, high production values, and a good fairly true to the biblical account story. Ben Cross is a delight as Solomon as he seemed to take great joy in playing the role. I think the producers of this film really did a fine job of making a high quality film that both has a sense of humanity about it and also keeps well to the biblical narrative. And that is not an easy balance to maintain.

This movie is a great follow up to wacthing the 1984 King David

Good introduction to the books of Kings of the Bible, specially for kids. The narrative begins in the final days of king David and ends with the prophecy of the division of Solomon's kingdom - right after his death Some modification and adaptation of the book were made, I presume, with the intent of making it more attractive to the general audience. Nonetheless, when that happens, it always water down the Divinely inspired message. So, the movie should be seen as a tool to bring people to the original texts of the Bible.

Super Film. Die Schauspieler sind sehr gut. Für jemanden der mit der Bibel Geschicht vertraut ist, um Kinder davon zu ermutigen mit der Bibel und Gottesvolk gedanken zu machen. Ich empfehle!

Der Film ist gut geeignet, um Salomons Leben wie er in der Bibel dargestellt ist, besser kennen zu lernen. Leben und Umfeld des Königs sowie sein Wertegang werden vor Augen geführt, wie es damals ausgesehen haben könnte.

i really enjoyed this DVD. so close to the biblical account well directed and produced.

Not a high budget affair but still a good christian story

Very good production. Not sure about the historical account of Solomon's marriage to the Queen of Sheba.