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
看见有些朋友对于阳刚这个词很ptsd啊，那就对了，恶心死你们。
如果好好按照原版风格翻拍应该会挺不错的，但是后半偏偏要搞得苦大仇深的，拍个轻喜剧很难吗？非得哭哭唧唧要死要活青春才有意义吗
如果我 注定普通，也要仰望 那片星空，
其实拍得还不错，也不尴尬，本土化得挺好，唯一出戏的是不太像国内的高中，更像是大学。可能就是我不太吃青春片的风格的原因吧，看下来总觉得没啥共鸣。
完成度上其实是没问题的，原版其实我也没那么觉得好，但是对比起来，改编失去了原版对lgbt的认同，对少年情感的认同，甚至对水族馆的教练都没有认同，最后的口号就像是一阵虚无的反抗，最后变成了一部中规中矩的国产青春片，而不是一部大家对少年美好的怀念的喜剧片了。这个改编就没有什么意义。两星半。
最后演出的剪辑一脸问号，其余部分我都看得很开心哈哈哈哈哈~
总算出了一个没有长发女主，没有油头粉面娘炮，没有怀孕流产“疼痛”的青春片。运动不是非要夺冠，成长也不一定非要遭遇什么重大变故。非常喜欢男主妈妈的家庭戏，对白是活的，每一句都像我日常在说的。
搞笑，自然，不尬。只有我们才能定义自己！好看。另外，令我眼前一亮的是“王子”播音腔般的声线和片中插曲与剧情的恰到好处。
普普通通，不煽情，不狗血，带点燃。想找原版看看。
原本放暑期档多好，绝对吊打同类型的《燃野少年的天空》，挤国庆档票房扑水多可惜。
拍得挺好的，故事线差点意思，特别是老袁那条线，我还是不敢相信老袁是管后勤的。
虽然没有那么高光过，但是结尾让我想起了初中毕业晚会那天停电，我们几个凑钱把镇里唯一一台柴油发电机租来发电，如期举行，宛如青春岁月里的一首《笑脸》:“常常地想，现在的你，就在我身边露出笑脸……”
国庆档的一股清流，虽然很模板化，虽然是翻拍，但起码好好讲了一个故事，比那两部献礼片好看
出乎意料地好看，很青春很热血，而且既没有狗血恋爱，更没有人流堕胎。
看了些好评才去看的，结果...什么玩意儿啊
高飞连后脑勺都是帅的！！
果然青春片还是要年轻人来演，不必撒狗血，不必编千回百转的情节，简简单单把一件事讲好就行。
在大环境下，这样的作品难能可贵，最起码，我们还拥有追梦的权利。
我人生80%被认可都是源自网络，我才意识到，有些事我做的还不错，意识到我这个人也还不错。如果只是生活中的反馈，我可能早都普通的不能再普通了，虽然现在依然普通，但那些正反馈让我会觉得自己有闪光。
孤独的路一定有风 不畏命运吹动，哪怕有亿万分之一 也往前冲
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