History YMMV / ElDorado

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nelse [=McLeod=] is a surprisingly likeable character and in some ways a more honorable fighter than Cole Thornton. His success as a MagnificentBastard might also be due to the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome, even in older versions, and his introduction is full of {{Cowboy}} moments.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Nelse [=McLeod=]'s damaged eye and scar is more believable in the blu-ray version than in previous versions, surprisingly, since you can see his eye better. His eye just looks odd, like a damaged eye would.

* EarWorm: That opening song is surprisingly catchy:
-->''So ride, boldly ride\\
To the end of the rainbow,\\
Ride, boldly ride\\
Til you find El Doradoooo...''

-->''So ride, boldly ride''
-->''To the end of the rainbow,''
-->''Ride, boldly ride''
-->''Til you find '''El Doradoooo...'''''
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nelse [=McLeod=] is a surprisingly likeable character and in some ways a more honorable fighter than Cole Thornton. His success as a MagnificentBastard might also be due to the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome, even in older versions, and his introduction is full of {{Cowboy}} BadassInCharge moments.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nelse [=McLeod=] is a surprisingly likeable character and in some ways a more honorable fighter than Cole Thornton. His success as a MagnificentBastard might also be due to the VisualEffectsOfAwesome, even in older versions, and his introduction is full of {{Cowboy}} BadassInCharge moments.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Nelse [=McLeod=]'s damaged eye and scar is more believable in the blu-ray version than in previous versions, surprisingly, since you can see his eye better. His eye just looks odd, like a damaged eye would.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nelse [=McLeod=] is a surprisingly likeable character and in some ways a more honorable fighter than Cole Thornton.

* DeletedScene: A group singalong similar to the ones in ''Film/RioBravo'' was cut.

* RecycledScript: Many situations and plot elements are very similar to those of the previous Hawks/Brackett/Wayne western, ''Film/RioBravo'', and to those of the next and last one, ''Rio Lobo''. Some elements are inverted, e.g. instead of the hyper-competent YoungGun of ''Rio Bravo'' you had a youngster who is useless with firearms. The scene in which Thornton [[spoiler: pushes one of [=McLeod's=] mooks through a door to be shot by his own men]] echoes a similar one from the first Hawks/Brackett collaboration, ''Film/TheBigSleep''. There also had been a scene similar to the one where Mississippi throws himself in front to the bad guys' horses that was cut from the final version of ''Rio Bravo'', so to do it here, Howard Hawks bought the rights back from Warner.
* SpecialEffectFailure: When Mississippi throws himself under the bad guys' horse, there is a very obvious cut where James Caan is replaced by a dummy in mid-dive. Hilariously, the dummy gets trodden on at least once, immediately before Mississippi's explanation to Cole, "A horse will never step on a man!"

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Mississippi's PaperThinDisguise as a stereotypical Western "Chinaman" bellboy, complete with nonsensical muttering.

* DeletedScene: A group singalong similar to the ones in ''RioBravo'' was cut.

* RecycledScript: Many situations and plot elements are very similar to those of the previous Hawks/Brackett/Wayne western, ''RioBravo'', and to those of the next and last one, ''Rio Lobo''. Some elements are inverted, e.g. instead of the hyper-competent YoungGun of ''Rio Bravo'' you had a youngster who is useless with firearms. The scene in which Thornton [[spoiler: pushes one of [=McLeod's=] mooks through a door to be shot by his own men]] echoes a similar one from the first Hawks/Brackett collaboration, ''Film/TheBigSleep''. There also had been a scene similar to the one where Mississippi throws himself in front to the bad guys' horses that was cut from the final version of ''Rio Bravo'', so to do it here, Howard Hawks bought the rights back from Warner.

* SpecialEffectFailure: When Mississippi throws himself under the bad guys' horse, there is a very obvious cut where James Caan is replaced by a dummy in mid-dive. Hilariously, the dummy gets trodden on at least once, immediately before Mississippi's explanation to Cole, "A horse will never step on a man!"

-->So ride, boldly ride
-->To the end of the rainbow,
-->Ride, boldly ride
-->'Til you find '''El Doradoooo...'''

-->''''So ride, boldly ride

-->'Til you find '''El Doradoooo...'''''''

-->''So ride, boldly ride

-->'Til you find El Doradoooo...''

-->To the end of the rainbow.

-->Til you find El Doradoooo...''

-->''So ride, boldly ride/To the end of the rainbow./Ride, boldly ride/Til you find El Doradoooo...''

* EarWorm: ''So ride, boldly ride/To the end of the rainbow./Ride, boldly ride/Til you find El Dorado...''

* RecycledScript: Many situations and plot elements are very similar to those of the previous Hawks/Brackett/Wayne western, ''RioBravo'', and to those of the next and last one, ''Rio Lobo''. Some elements are inverted, e.g. instead of the hyper-competent YoungGun of ''Rio Bravo'' you had a youngster who is useless with firearms. The scene in which Thornton [[spoiler: pushes one of [=McLeod's=] mooks through a door to be shot by his own men]] echoes a similar one from the first Hawks/Brackett collaboration, ''Film/TheBigSleep''. There also had been a scene similar to the one where Mississippi throws himself in front to the bad guys' horses that was cut from the final version of ''Rio Bravo'', so to do it here, Howard Hawks bought the rights back from Warner.