Song of King Solomon

This film uses the entire Biblical text as the script and was filmed with a great ensemble cast. Pretty poetic. A low budget project and therefore not really commercial, hence the opportunity to create something unique. Not religious myself, but it doesn't really matter. It's a story of love complete with angels, of how one woman can change a man, a man of importance, a king in this case. Costumes are believable and obviously a lot of effort and love has gone into making this. Solomon is a man of wisdom in a world where life was short and of little value, hope the world is a better place since those times but I'm not so sure. Enjoy the beauty of this film.

No pun(s) intended - also considering the rating up to now (over 8), I doubt that anything I wrote in the summary line or in this text right here will make a difference to those who loved this. I am not taking anything away from them - I couldn't even if I tried (which again I am not). But I would not be myself, not true to who I am, if I didn't rate and review the way I feel.

I try to avoid giving ones, so there is that. But the very despicable main character would not be entirely undeserving of it. The women who are his (property) fear him - but his true love is about to reveal herself to him. The whole time (duration of the movie) we do hear singing - apparently the text of the story in hebrew as a different critic has stated.

You may be good with that or annoyed by it, I am just giving you the facts. The acting has ups and downs - the cinematography overall may be one of the better things - especially considering the very low budget this had.

Am I a sinner for not liking this? Maybe to some - but as I already stated, I would be a much bigger sinner if I lied to you - though that would go in line with the main character .. I reckon a broken character that can be saved is always a good thing ... but the way he is described, to me he seems a lost case ... but what do I know?