History YMMV / IlyaMuromets

* AcceptableTargets: The original stories had Tatars as enemies, but the Soviets changed it to Tugars.

* CompleteMonster: The [[BigBad Tugar Khan Kalin]] is a savage warlord who leads his forces to RapePillageAndBurn through all Russia, massacring villages and killing countless innocent people. Tearing apart the lands until he comes to Kiev, Kalin intends on ruling the city by demanding tribute, while keeping his ferocious dragon, the Zmey, in reserve. When he learns of the city failing to pay tribute, Kalin intends on massacring Kiev and even builds a pyramid of dead corpses to observe an ensuing battle before unleashing the Zmey to burn all before it.

* {{Macekre}}: Many fans of the original Russian version of ''Ilya Muromets'' regard the CutAndPasteTranslation of Creator/RogerCorman's script as an act of butchery. For example, in the original, Ilya and Vassilisa are said to have loved each other for years when she is abducted, but in the English translation, the relevant scenes are moved or dropped so that his passion for her when he rescues her seems to come out of nowhere. The musical numbers and a lot of the plot points involving Razumey the carpenter (who designs the ballistas that knock Zmey Gorynych out of the sky) are dropped, leaving a number of {{Dub Induced Plot Hole}}s.

* CompleteMonster: The [[BigBad Tugar Khan Kalin]] is a savage warlord who leads his forces to RapePillageAndBurn through all Russia, massacring villages and killing countless innocent people. Tearing apart the lands until he comes to Kiev, Kalin intends on ruling the city by demanding tribute, while keeping his ferocious dragon, the Zmey, in reserve. When he learns of the city failing to pay tribute, Kalin intends on massacring Kiev and even orders his men to pile into a mound, uncaring of how many will be crushed or suffocated inside, just to observe the battlefield (callously trampling his men as he rides to the top) when a ballista shot makes him fall down, he gets so angry that he orders to [[DisproportionateRetribution unleash the Zmey and burn all before it]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsUWBNxc2Lo main theme]] certainly fits the epic tone of the movie. So does the song played to cue Ilya of his paralysis. Other themes, like those played during the CorpseLand scene and the battles are also a pretty good match for the mood.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Ilya's wife singing to the forest animals.
** However, the work she does at the time is quite important to the plot.

* {{Macekre}}: Many who know of the original view the Roger Corman version as this.
* {{Squick}}: "The falcons were witness to our love..."

* CompleteMonster: The [[BigBad Tugar Khan Kalin]] is a savage warlord who leads his forces to RapePillageAndBurn through all Russia, massacring villages and killing countless innocent people. Tearing apart the lands until he comes to Kiev, Kalin intends on ruling the city by demanding tribute, while keeping his ferocious dragon, the Zmey, in reserve. When he learns of the city failing to pay tribute, Kalin intends on massacring Kiev and even builds a pyramid of dead corpses to observe an ensuing battle before unleashing the Zmey to burn all before it.

* MartyStu: Ilya, oh so very much.

* {{Macekre}}: many who know of the original view the Roger Corman version as this.

!!The original movie has:

* MostAnnoyingSound: In the MST3K episode, Mike refers to the Tugars' march music as a "concerto for timpani and car horn."
* {{Squick}}: "The falcons were witness to our love..."

!!The [=MST3K=] version has:
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The host segment that re-enacts the singing to the animals.
--->'''Gypsy:''' You guys are so ''weird!''
* NarmCharm: Behind the scenes, the show's writers admitted they actually rather enjoyed this movie, much as they did with the other Russo-Finnish co-productions.

* MostAnnoyingSound: In the MST3K episode, Mike refers to the Tugars' march music as "symphony for car horns."

* {{Macekre}}: YourMileageMayVary on this, but many who know of the original view the Roger Corman version as this.