History YMMV / AKnightsTale

** Anything invovling William's father is genuinely moving, which is rather odd given the rest of the film's {{Camp}} tone.

--> '''Chaucer''': He's blonde/he's funny/he makes me lots of money/Lichtenstein/Lichtenstein...

** There's also her insane EngagementChallenge to Will, which a good deal of viewers [[NeverLiveItDown don't forgive.]]
*** ShownTheirWork: It's lifted from a 12th century poem, 'Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart'. Jocelyn wants poetry in her life, after all.
*** Regardless, it still could have gotten Will ''killed.'' His shoulder certainly got dislocated, at any rate.

** There's also her insane EngagementChallenge to will, which a good deal of viewers [[NeverLiveItDown don't forgive.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The songs the rest of the FiveManBand sing in a tavern about William.

* TheScrappy: Jocelyn. Despite having some good lines and moments, for whatever reason (her status as TheObstructiveLoveInterest, her actress, the fact that [[FanPreferredCouple Kate's]] way cooler, [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking her hair?]]) she grates on the nerves of a ''lot'' of people who otherwise love the movie.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Edward the Black Prince is portrayed as a heroic and likeable individual who values William's courage and knights him despite his common birth. The ''historical'' Black Prince was well-known for conducting brutal scorched-earth campaigns that ravaged the French countryside, and to have despised and scorned the lower classes.
** The characters do mention his pillaging and burning of villages and appear very afraid to the point of immediately submitting defeat when finding out his true identity at one of the early tournaments. Edward's fondness of William despite him being lower class is motivated by William doing him two big favours earlier in the movie when he had no reason to do so, and willingly let himself be arrested instead of fleeing. He also likely did it to spite Adhemar who if not for William, would have become the World Champion.
*** They surrendered rather than facing him because wounding a royal, even in a tournament, was a big mistake. This is explicitly stated in the film.

* FanPreferredCouple: Will and Kate.

** Made worse when people invoke ''[[RealWomenNeverWearDresses feminism]]'' as a reason to hate Jocelyn, saying that Kate was [[DieForourShip a better romantic option for Will due to being a "strong female character"]]. You know, there's the small fact that if the fangirls were as "feminist" as they claimed, they wouldn't say that [[UnfortunateImplications a "strong female character" needs a (male) romantic interest to make her truly whole]], not to mention Kate is a ''widow'' going through TheMourningAfter...
*** There's also her insane EngagementChallenge to will, which a good deal of viewers [[NeverLiveItDown don't forgive.]]

* TheScrappy: Jocelyn. Despite having some good lines and moments, for whatever reason (her status as TheObstructiveLoveInterest, her actress, the fact that [[FanPreferredCouple Kate's]] way cooler, her hair?) she grates on the nerves of a ''lot'' of people who otherwise love the movie.

-->''This is my word and as such it is beyond contestation''

* RetroactiveRecognition: You know Jocelyn's maid? Believe it or not, but that's actually Berenice Bejo, who would go on to receive major critical praise and recognition for her role in ''TheArtist'' and be nominated for a Golden Globe.

*** Also, well, sorry to make this personal, but... am I the only one who thinks that Jocelyn is not only not pretty, but downright ugly? Not to mention petty and unlikable in any way?
**** I dislike her more on the basis of her insane EngagementChallenge, which could have gotten Will ''killed,'' more than her physical appearance.

* TheScrappy: Josselyn. Despite having some good lines and moments, for whatever reason (her status as TheObstructiveLoveInterest, her actress, the fact that [[FanPreferredCouple Kate's]] way cooler, her hair?) she grates on the nerves of a ''lot'' of people who otherwise love the movie.
** Made worse when people invoke ''[[RealWomenNeverWearDresses feminism]]'' as a reason to hate Josselyn, saying that Kate was [[DieForourShip a better romantic option for Will due to being a "strong female character"]]. You know, there's the small fact that if the fangirls were as "feminist" as they claimed, they wouldn't say that [[UnfortunateImplications a "strong female character" needs a (male) romantic interest to make her truly whole]], not to mention Kate is a ''widow'' going through TheMourningAfter...
*** Also, well, sorry to make this personal, but... am I the only one who thinks that Josselyn is not only not pretty, but downright ugly? Not to mention petty and unlikable in any way?

** Made worse when people invoke ''feminism'' as a reason to hate her, saying that Kate was [[DieForourShip a better romantic option due to being a "strong female character"]]. You know, there's the small fact that if the fangirls were as "feminist" as they claimed, they wouldn't say that a "strong female character" needs a romantic interest to make her whole, not to mention Kate is a ''widow'' going through TheMourningAfter...

* TheScrappy: Josselyn. For whatever reason (her status as ObstructiveLoveInterest, her actress, her hair?) she grates on the nerves of a lot of people who otherwise love the movie.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler:Will's friends standing by him while he is arrested and put in the pillory, protecting him from being beaten and having vegetables thrown at him]].
** Not to mention [[spoiler: Will's reunion with his blind father, which doubles as a TearJerker]].
** Will's friends helping him write his love letter ("I miss you like the sun misses the flower").
** The Black Prince saying "Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough."
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Chaucer teaching Will how to dance, with Wat as his dance partner.
--> '''Chaucer''': And ''one'' and ''two'' and ''three'' and ''four'' and ''Wat'' doesn't ''lead'', he ''fol''lows like a ''girl''.
-->[...]
-->'''Chaucer''': And ''one'' and ''two'' and twirly-twirly-twirl, you can hit me all day cause you punch like a ...what?
-->'''Roland''': A girl!

--> Chaucer: He's blonde/he's funny/he makes me lots of money/Lichtenstein/Lichtenstein...

* TearJerker: In 'verse example; William's friends all suffer some amount of this when he is about to be taken away for impersonating a knight.

** Tilting (the actual name for it, Jousting was the name for the whole series of competitions) isn't a very hard sport to follow in the first place, you knock someone off their horse and you win, If neither falls the winner is determined by who broke more lances (or who scored more hits) on his opponent.

--> ''Chaucer'': And ''one'' and ''two'' and ''three'' and ''four'' and ''Wat'' doesn't ''lead'', he ''fol''lows like a ''girl''.

-->''Chaucer'': And ''one'' and ''two'' and twirly-twirly-twirl, you can hit me all day cause you punch like a ...what?
-->''Roland'': A girl!