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
"Hoping is waiting for someone else to do it. We'd all be much better off without it."
这部片的风格，太符合我的系统了
p.s吃饭时看的，被自己离谱到...
很概念艺术性的动画，感觉是短片加长版，不适合搞这种长度，分段可能好些。
疯狂、神秘、混乱、无序、破烂、腐败、惊奇、诡异、恐怖、恶心、不适……真人特效+定格动画，想象力爆炸，模型装置牛逼，基本上是奇观展示，没有逻辑和故事。最后玩了一把创世大爆炸，梦幻联动2001，致敬了库布里克，导演是星战特效师……
起初给三星，看到中后段给五星，结尾回到四星。
把全人类最怪诞、最猎奇、最阴暗的梦境放进榨汁机碎成屑汁，再伴着脓液、血浆和核弹，将其放进一个无比巨大的、化石场质地的、仿佛地球之母的阴森通道的捣臼，再用一柄湿漉黏糊的阴茎状的捣子开始捣碎一万年，最后再戏谑似的滴上一滴冰川水——成品，就是这部电影了。
我虽然很喜欢精神污染的东西，但这…抽象的毫无道理，是制作者自嗨的作品。大兵哥摆完炸弹被抓走之前还不错，后面简直无聊到爆炸。
牛逼闪闪，充满想象力，也运用了几乎一切可以搭配的不同材质的绘画雕塑装置等艺术风格 以及大胆地真人与动画与不同像素级别的特效影像结合，从头到尾就是人类命运寓言
导演的这些素材要是能做成游戏就好了，拍成电影没有剧情依托反而显得有些无聊
过于怪诞诡恶难服众口，或许确有其高明之处但不向大众推荐，低分劝退
音乐好听，画面恶心。
没看懂，但还挺好看的～怪异黑暗血腥中透着诡异的可爱。
导演组肯定没少吃菌类食品，创意极佳，喜欢其中的工业质感
好一鍋又酷又噁心的科幻大雜燴，這個世界上真的有一群人就是愛看噁心的東西
太邪乎了，被各种恶心恶心着。当以为会出现赛博朋克时，呈现在眼前的却是巨大事物恐惧症。而且这画风……也是醉了。要是看完片子就一个感觉：人真不是个东西。
我又可以說出那句話了
不说其他，单就这牛逼闪闪的设定和自成体系的世界观。这片形象就是直接面向观众生理，怎么恶心，怎么肮脏怎么来，因此极具挑衅性，它因此挑人，挑它自己的思考者。
这样一部电影，定位挺尴尬的其实。大的历史框架是不能动的，否则就变成架空历史了；虚构的人物只能在既定的框架里作有限的游走，创作空间相当狭窄，而观众对于最后的结局早就了然于胸；对历史人物的描写也处于暧昧地带，介于写实和虚构之间。那这样一来，作者对历史人物（比如张伯伦）的重新评价，其说服力就会大打折扣了。
从硬件说，这已经不是电影了，是被拍下来的行为艺术。从软件说，片子拥有不低的立意，大概讲了三件事，一是地狱发生自人的恨意，在地狱的系统里生命的一切活动将只化作对彼此施加的痛苦；二是地狱的发生是必然的结果；三是轮回不止。整体是了不起的东西，硬说缺点的话，一是血腥程度还是会产生观影障碍，二是结论太绝望，没有涉及出离的解脱。
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