History YMMV / FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The movie has been demmed forgettable, but the score by Music/{{Vangelis}}, particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmlAaybIEs eponymous theme]], is not.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The movie was forgettable, but the score by Music/{{Vangelis}}, particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmlAaybIEs eponymous theme]], is not.

* AmericansHateTingle: Filmic aspects aside, the movie keeps an ill reputation among Spanish critics as a fist-pumping example of the Spanish Black Legend, in this case to the extent of portraying history exactly backwards and having the Genoese Columbus, whom even the Spaniards of his time would come to consider a criminal, portrayed as saintly and heroic in stark contrast to the racist and murderous Kingdom of Spain.

* MemeticMutation: The glum description of Spain given in the prologue, especially the point about men being "persecuted for daring to dream", is sometimes sarcastically quoted among detractors of the Black Legend.

* UncertainAudience: Considering historical colonists are not in vogue anymore, the film clearly doesn't appeal to wide audiences, but in turn it gives Columbus a level of HistoricalHeroUpgrade that no history buff buys nowadays, and also leaves Spain, its most likely crowd in any case, with a purple eye by giving them a HistoricalVillainUpgrade blatant even for the usual standards. It's not hard to see why the film failed in most fields.

* WTHCastingAgency: The famously French Creator/GerardDepardieu being cast as the famously Italian Columbus raised more than a few eyebrows, though upon release many critics conceded that he did a damn good job in a film which was otherwise mediocre at best.

* MemeticMutation: The glum description of Spain given in the prologue, especially the point about men being "persecuted for daring to dream", is often sarcastically quoted among Hispanism-oriented people.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as the collective narrative of Columbus and other Spanish/European colonizers being genocidal monsters has since become more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation (including among historians), a movie where he's depicted as benevolent to the natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The movie was forgettable, but the score by Music/{{Vangelis}}, particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmlAaybIEs main theme]], is not.

* WTHCastingAgency: Gérard Depardieu, a famously French actor, being cast as the famously Italian Columbus raised more than a few eyebrows, though upon release many critics conceded that he did a damn good job in a film which was otherwise mediocre at best.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some have suggested that the film would have worked better as a miniseries than as a theatrical film, thus adding some much-needed depth to the plot and characterization and potentially avoiding the PoliticallyCorrectHistory for which the film has often been criticized.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some have suggested that the film would have worked better as a miniseries than as a theatrical film, thus adding some much-needed depth to the plot and characterization and potentially avoiding the PoliticallyCorrectHistory for which the film has often been criticized.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as the collective narrative of Columbus and other Spanish/European colonizers being genocidal monsters has since become more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation (including among historians), a movie where he's depicted as benevolent to the natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as the collective narrative of Columbus and other Spanish/European colonizers being genocidal monsters has since become more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation, a movie where he's depicted as benevolent to the natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as the collective narrative of Columbus and other Spanish/European colonizers being genocidal monsters has since become more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent to natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as Columbus and other Spanish/European colonizers being genocidal monsters became more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation in the decades since, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent to natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as Columbus and other Spanish/Europeans being genocidal evil monsters became more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation after the film's release, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent to natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as Columbus being a genocidal monster became more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation after the film's release, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent to natives now comes off as outright racist propaganda.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/72177/1492-conquest-of-paradise/ DVD Talk's review]] suggests that the film would have worked better as a miniseries than as a theatrical film, thus adding some much-needed depth to the plot and characterization and potentially avoiding the PoliticallyCorrectHistory for which the film has often been criticized.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in its original release and was undoubtably a major factor in its failure, as Columbus being a genocidal monster became more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation after the film's release, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent would be considered downright racist propaganda these days.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in it's original release and was undoubtably a major factor in it's failure, as Columbus's true nature as a genocidal monster became more widely accepted as a fact rather than interpretation after the film's release, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent would be considered downright racist propaganda these days.

* ValuesDissonance: While the film's PoliticallyCorrectHistory made it unpopular in it's original release and was undoubtably a major factor in it's failure, now that Columbus's true nature as a genocidal monster are more widely accepted as fact rather than interpretation, a movie where he's depicted as even remotely benevolent would be considered downright racist propaganda these days.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The movie was forgettable, but the score, particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmlAaybIEs main theme]], is not.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The movie was forgettable, but the score, particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmlAaybIEs main theme]], is not.

* AwesomeMusic: The movie was forgettable, but the score, particularly the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmlAaybIEs main theme]], is not.