Sixty Glorious Years is an exercise in the creation of iconography, both for Victoria and its star, Anna Neagle (who subsequently became known as 'Regal Neagle'). Just as Elizabeth I commissioned artists to create flattering iconic images for public consumption, so this film performs a similar function, for Neagle is more beautiful than the real life Victoria. Controversial events (such as the 'Irish problem') are omitted and unpleasant aspects of Victoria's character (her petulance, arrogance, favouritism and 'right to privilege') are glossed over as endearing little 'whims'. Albert acts as a moderating influence when she goes too far.
The film followed a year after the highly successful Victoria the Great (d. Herbert Wilcox, 1937). Again the screenplay is by Miles Malleson and Robert Vansittart, and many of the supporting cast (the cream of acting talent of period) repeat their roles, this time for the colour cameras. This was the first full length Technicolor film of cinematographer Freddie Young, who captures the spectacle of royal weddings, grand balls and opulent interiors, with scenes actually filmed at royal palaces. Vivid battle scenes, set in Alexander Korda's empire territory (Sevastopol and the Sudan), rival those in The Four Feathers (d. Zoltan Korda 1939).
The title music sets the tone: a regal choir sings over a shot of the crown. Elgar's 1901 'Pomp and Circumstance' march is heard during the diamond jubilee celebrations and, as Victoria's coffin lies in state, the film concludes with Anthony Collins' stately music accompanied by the text of Rudyard Kipling's 'Lest we forget'. Combined with the emotional appeal of scenes of Victoria connecting with her 'ordinary folk', this is stirring stuff.
The film connects with contemporary events of 1938. The release of two celebratory royal films was intended to boost public affection for the monarchy in the wake of Edward VIII's abdication. Anglo-German relations were another touchy subject. With another war on the horizon, influential voices wanted appeasement, and the film could be seen to fit that agenda. Victoria herself was of mainly German descent, nicknamed 'the grandmother of Europe', while Albert is a 'good German', charmingly played by Anton Walbrook as a cultured, decent man.
Sixty Glorious Years now seems unduly formal and reverential. Had movies existed during Victoria's reign (they only emerged at the end) this might have been the kind of film produced. Unlike Mrs Brown (d. John Madden, 1997), it is all so very 'Victorian'.
Roger Philip Mellor
画面挺有好看的，但是总感觉很别扭，摄影风格像是在拍摄现代谍战片！
群像塑造太单薄，好多人物只是有个名字而已；炸火车部分，不知道是动作指导和剪辑谁的锅，动作戏非常不连贯；剧情逻辑上的问题也有很多，你们这么拍戏对得起先烈们和观众们吗？
我完全是因为错误的原因喜欢这个，但导演对华纳和娱乐产业的“明涵”，让我觉得全片有非常符合加速和躺平时代气质，哈哈哈哈哈。
恶评如潮也多少拉低了原本的预期，看完一遍下来竟然有种还凑合的感觉。导演兄弟都变成了姐妹，就当是看了场综艺，让原班人马20年再重聚了吧。
正派身手好龙的传人，反派港匪片金刚之身；
没什么故事性，说直白点就是，你说的事故不爱听。
有好看的地方，可圈可点
纯情怀续作，故事上把过去的东西加了一些简单的现代创意之后重新讲一遍。对话中有很多编剧的对于华纳这种狗尾续貂行为自嘲，加上基努的疲惫不堪的表演，渴望利用过去的情节来勾起粉丝一丝的感动，但也就这样了。没有了雨果叔的史密斯，再怎么闪回也没了那个味道。
对我组织的基层建设产生疑问，为啥牺牲以后才追入呢～章程里面又没有名额限制，优秀的都可以吸收进来呀。每次这样的故事片，都要上演一段信仰的力量，我也不知道这是不是高级黑、低级红。反正我是想不通～
出了日军大本营满洲国，就是山东，如果被告知清朝八旗子弟躲在东北跟日本人联盟发起的侵华战争，这些烈士，怎么想自己的壮举？
影片整体的氛围和感觉营造的不错，角色也立得住，但就是情节力度上差了不少意思。很多逻辑漏洞，强行安排人物动机，人为制造冲突，给角色强行加戏。
这电影拍成这样，剧里说得很直白啊，第一华纳逼的；第二现在的人只喜欢看无脑爽片。
不敢恭维，不是迎着“东方红”的就是好片，这是把观众当傻子吗？杂乱无章的故事结构，故弄玄虚的情节配乐，唯一最最值得期待的就是范伟老师的表演，出神入化，精彩绝伦，举手投足都是情感。
及格。张涵予的片子好不到哪里去，但也不会太差
官方吐槽，最为致命，一部讨论自由意志的电影，被多数人记住的只有Bullet Time。更讽刺的是，创作者也被挟入loop之中，沦为重复自己炮制续集的工具。
这导演真可以拉黑了
先不提meta策略的有效性（《双峰：回归》曾经给我们作了榜样），失败之处在于它本应该是关于空间的电影，但却变成了心理现实主义电影（甚至连反派人物都从“建筑师”变成了“心理咨询师”）；诚然，在《矩阵革命》的结尾，尼奥和史密斯在雨夜中毫无意义但又无比炫酷地打了十分钟的架后，沃卓斯基对于设计动作不再感兴趣，任凭其沦为好莱坞程式化的“无影像”，连续性的武打节奏变成了高速剪辑的碎片、飞溅的爆炸物和人体形状的残块，正如某角色所言，它失去了曾经的“优雅”，Matrix变得张牙舞爪，直白到吓人地展示其武装暴力与愚民策略的恐怖；因此，即便当沃卓斯基将主题切回到尼奥和崔妮蒂的爱时，这些连带的拖泥带水之物让捕捉这些情感变得不大可能（而这点在前作里就做得更好）。
陪基诺里维斯回顾《黑客帝国》三部曲，陪尼奥练龟派气功，陪全世界影迷见证一个经典系列的崩坏，我能接受剧本无聊，但是不能接受剧本狗屁不通还没话找话，多少年过去了，还给我整啥是真实啥是虚幻，沃卓斯基两位是跨完性别脑子全坏掉了吗？用整整一个小时告诉观众前三部白干了，之后顺理成章地把过去的故事变法儿讲一遍，那些长篇大论不说人话的好评就是对本片的荒谬最好的注解。
比起近两年的战争电影还是差了点。 无论是家国情怀，还是场面，还是情节抓人程度。
影片节奏出现很大的问题，前面太散，后面太赶。人物的扁平化，范伟老师为角色增色，但也掩盖不了背后的单薄。整部影片和铁道的关联似乎不大，只是为了展现一些视觉奇观。
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