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
好奇47版是什么样的，为什么会想到拿来翻拍？整个片子大概只有光影效果最陀螺，其他部分看得我睡睡醒醒，只想问结束了我能去哪重看《猩红山峰》《地狱男爵》
男人有钱就变坏，母猪上树变妖怪。除了欣赏我大魔王的美艳皮囊再无其他可看，很难不说是拿卡蜜儿双人组的名头骗观众流量。还有就是好莱坞的老男人能不能别在电影里扮嫰了，大哥你真的已经很老了……
已经被大魔王的红唇迷死了！（电影画面赏心悦目，故事剧情一般也能沉浸看完）
但是如果这种道路走到了极端，走到了为了利润而忽视一切风险，那么结果是什么？
没差那么多，就差一点点——骗老头失败、医生处翻脸本该是最高潮处却差一把火，否则起承转合会顺畅许多。另外就是简中译名非常不行还带误导性。
从看戏的变成了唱戏的，从旁观的变成了参与的，从二流戏子变成了下三流的怪物。偷鸡不成蚀把米，你欲情，我故纵。瞒天下所有人之心，藏不住低俗下烂的把戏。穿梭于世界上如行尸走肉，只为可怜的一点点爱，一点点名，一点点利。陀螺美学一次大行为爆炸，把戏与心理斗法过程好好看。玉兔cp只是个幌子，不过全方位被库珀帅到惨绝人寰，快来🌿我。
和老版相比，主题从马丁伊登式人的奋斗和幻灭到欺骗与自我欺骗，“玉面情魔”原本指涉周旋于三个女人之间的Stan，到这里多角关系断裂感明显，似乎能称之为情魔的只有抢戏的心理医生。前一小时马戏团的部分显然投注了陀螺本人的独特美学和恶趣味，粘液内脏质感的洞穴、咕噜样的怪人延续了黑童话怪物片的画风，圆形淡出转场勾连老电影的尝试到后半场就被抛下了。Stan的两次灵感就像导演本人一样，从手绘图开始演绎脑洞大开的表演术。老版的紧张宿命感被拉长为冗长的各路亲密关系心理分析，整体的感觉就是大可不必。
摄影、美术真是一贯托罗的细致扎实，原以为会是一个魔幻故事，没想到是一个阿加莎式的故事
而结尾也算是还愿了
7.7，受伤的心灵，扭曲变形带来的事故，成为故事
好奇47版是什么样的，为什么会想到拿来翻拍？整个片子大概只有光影效果最陀螺，其他部分看得我睡睡醒醒，只想问结束了我能去哪重看《猩红山峰》《地狱男爵》
这里有两部电影，第一部展示个人趣味，第二部完成情节任务。
比想象中喜欢 被诟病的冗长第一幕是最喜欢的部分 用马戏团奇幻世界建构出的阴暗童话 （去年看佐导在油管上算塔罗牌 今年读到卡尔维诺用塔罗牌创作《命运交叉的城堡》加上这部的倒吊牌 对曾经很排斥的塔罗牌产生了兴趣
难以置信，陀螺在水形物语之后用了这么强的卡司就拍了个这？？？
故事是黃粱一夢，即使影片很長，但還是沒有串聯的特別好，有點像《道士下山》，這邊一點那邊一點。就是配樂道具場景音效這些，是頂級的。
3.5吧，有点失望，天道好轮回的故事，嘉年华部分没有美恐好看
导演功力深厚，主角玩火自焚，最喜欢的最后一幕很有张力，把对主角这个人物的讽刺以及悲剧体现得淋漓尽致。赞一个中文名翻译。
7.0 超长第一幕，陀螺的黑暗风格得以充分展现，剧情简单，节奏慢，头重脚轻，选角失败（男主）。童年创伤，怪人故事。
竟然鲁尼和大魔王没搞姬，那这片子拍出来又有什么意义呢？
没抱预期，没想到能看进去。剧本老一套，完全由叙述语气撑起的电影。
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