YMMV / El Dorado

• Broken Base: While El Dorado and Rio Bravo are both widely accepted as classic Westerns, asking a room full of fans of the genre which film is better is unlikely to result in a unanimous consensus.
• Crosses the Line Twice: Mississippi's Paper-Thin Disguise as a stereotypical Western "Chinaman" bellboy, complete with nonsensical muttering and (if you listen carefully, or have the subtitles on) Asian Speekee Engrish.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Nelse McLeod is a surprisingly likeable character and in some ways a more honorable fighter than Cole Thornton. His success as a Magnificent Bastard might also be due to the Visual Effects of Awesome, even in older versions, and his introduction is full of Cowboy moments.
  • Tomboy Joey is also fairly well-liked by a lot of fans, with the film being the actresses most famous role.
• Special Effect Failure: 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!"
• Visual Effects of Awesome: 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.