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* QuestionableCasting: The cast was panned by fans and creators alike, noting that it genuinely looked like the casting staff had chosen the ''worst'' actor imaginable for every role. Carmen Sánchez and Marcos Ruiz for Angélica and Íñigo were graphically described as looking like "kids chosen by nepotism for a school play", and Luis Callejo as Luis de Alquézar was considered by many as the equivalent of [[Creator/ChristopherLee Count Dooku]] being played by Creator/JackBlack.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The cast was panned by fans and creators alike, noting that it genuinely looked like the casting staff had chosen the ''worst'' actor imaginable for every role. Carmen Sánchez and Marcos Ruiz for Angélica and Íñigo were graphically described as looking like "kids chosen by nepotism for a school play", and Luis Callejo as Luis de Alquézar was considered by many as the equivalent of [[Creator/ChristopherLee Count Dooku]] being played by Creator/JackBlack.
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!! Movie
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Despite it was poorly received in Europe and America, the movie was absolutely ''loved'' in Asia, to the point that Chinese popularly call it "THE Spanish Film".
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Several changes from the book were criticized.
* VindicatedByHistory: While reception was mixed, the movie has been re-appreciated over the years after the disaster the TV series turned out to be, with people pointing out that, unlike the TV series, one could tell the film's creators were trying their best to honor the books and make an engaging picture.
* WTHCastingAgency: Although some portrayals were considered okay or even good, most notably Quevedo (played by veteran actor Juan Echanove) and Alatriste himself (portrayed by Creator/ViggoMortensen), the rest were seen as either weak or badly cast. The most bizarre point was having Inquisitor Bocanegra played by ''a woman'', Blanca Portillo, who doesn't even look or sound remotely like the character is described in the books.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Despite it was poorly received in Europe and America, the movie was absolutely ''loved'' in Asia, to the point that Chinese popularly call it "THE Spanish Film".
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Several changes from the book were criticized.
* VindicatedByHistory: While reception was mixed, the movie has been re-appreciated over the years after the disaster the TV series turned out to be, with people pointing out that, unlike the TV series, one could tell the film's creators were trying their best to honor the books and make an engaging picture.
* WTHCastingAgency: Although some portrayals were considered okay or even good, most notably Quevedo (played by veteran actor Juan Echanove) and Alatriste himself (portrayed by Creator/ViggoMortensen), the rest were seen as either weak or badly cast. The most bizarre point was having Inquisitor Bocanegra played by ''a woman'', Blanca Portillo, who doesn't even look or sound remotely like the character is described in the books.
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* HypeBacklash: While ''Alatriste'' will be forever known as the novel series that introduced multiple generations to the Spanish Golden Age, there is also a segment of people that laments that Pérez-Reverte went too far with the cynism and grittiness of his portrayal, making it look like the period was a full flat CrapsackWorld whose only redeeming value was occasionally producing honorable footsoldiers like Alatriste himself.
* ValuesResonance: ''The King's Gold'' features a mercenary party that includes a homosexual and a black man who kick as much ass as the rest, yet also manages to never break historical credibility in the process (which might surprise readers that only know TheThemeParkVersion of 17th-century Spain). This is especially relevant after TheNewTens, when many period productions cram controversy for performing unrealistic [[RaceLift Race Lifts]] and historical changes for the sake of inclusiveness.
* ValuesResonance: ''The King's Gold'' features a mercenary party that includes a homosexual and a black man who kick as much ass as the rest, yet also manages to never break historical credibility in the process (which might surprise readers that only know TheThemeParkVersion of 17th-century Spain). This is especially relevant after TheNewTens, when many period productions cram controversy for performing unrealistic [[RaceLift Race Lifts]] and historical changes for the sake of inclusiveness.
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* HypeBacklash: While ''Alatriste'' will be forever known as the novel series that introduced multiple generations to the Spanish Golden Age, there is also a segment of people that laments that Pérez-Reverte went too far with the cynism cynicism and grittiness of his portrayal, making it look like the period was a full flat CrapsackWorld whose only redeeming value was occasionally producing honorable footsoldiers like Alatriste himself.
* ValuesResonance: ''The King's Gold'' features a mercenary party that includes a homosexual and a black man who kick as much ass as the rest, yet also manages to never break historical credibility in the process (which might surprise readers that only know TheThemeParkVersion of 17th-century Spain). This is especially relevant after TheNewTens, when many period productionscram courted controversy for performing unrealistic [[RaceLift Race Lifts]] and historical changes for the sake of inclusiveness.
* ValuesResonance: ''The King's Gold'' features a mercenary party that includes a homosexual and a black man who kick as much ass as the rest, yet also manages to never break historical credibility in the process (which might surprise readers that only know TheThemeParkVersion of 17th-century Spain). This is especially relevant after TheNewTens, when many period productions
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* AcceptableReligiousTargets: The Catholic Church. The stereotype of the sinister, piercing-eyed Spanish Dominican inquisitor, already made popular by [[Theatre/DonCarlo Schiller]], [[Creator/FyodorDostoevsky Dostoevski]] and Creator/UmbertoEco, is right there in Bocanegra.
