History YMMV / TheLegendOfZorro

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/RufusSewell later played the main villain in ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', which makes Lincoln's cameo shortly after Armand's final scene good for a chuckle.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The entire mock swordfight between Joaquin and his teacher is generally seen as out of place for an action adventure film, and more at home in a children's adventure film.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The film took quite a bit of criticism for giving Zorro a boy sidekick and having his love interest humiliate and put him down throughout the movie. However, this film wasn't the first time the Zorro character was put in this kind of scenario; in the mid- to late-'90s, there was ''Anime/KaiketsuZorro'', an anime series where Zorro had a young boy sidekick accompany him on adventures in every episode as well as a love interest who put him down almost all the time. In fact, there was even an episode where Zorro had to rescue his love interest from an evil nobleman who claimed to be the son of a Duke and who was wooing her, not unlike how Zorro in this movie had to rescue Elena from Count Armand, who also happened to be wooing her.

** Joaquin was thrown into the mix, adding a needless (and quite annoying) child element when all people were wanting was to see Creator/AntonioBanderas and Creator/CatherineZetaJones kick any asses they might have missed from the first movie.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The general consensus seems to be that ''The Legend of Zorro'' was not so legendary, despite having the same leads and director. This is largely due to the addition of many more slapstick elements and a disliked marriage trouble element.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The general consensus seems to be that ''The Legend of Zorro'' was not so legendary, despite having the same leads and director.

* OlderThanTheyThink: The film took quite a bit of criticism for giving Zorro a boy sidekick and having his love interest humiliate and put him down throughout the movie. However, it wasn't the first time the Zorro character was put in this kind of scenario because in the mid- to late-'90s, there was ''Anime/KaiketsuZorro'', an anime series where Zorro had a young boy sidekick accompany him on adventures in every episode as well as a love interest who put him down almost all the time. And in fact, there was even an episode where Zorro had to rescue his love interest from an evil nobleman who claimed to be the son of a Duke and who was wooing her, not unlike how Zorro in this movie had to rescue Elena from Count Armand, who also happened to be wooing her.

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''The Legend of Zorro'' took quite a bit of criticism for giving Zorro a boy sidekick and having his love interest humiliate and put him down throughout the movie. However, it wasn't the first time the Zorro character was put in this kind of scenario because in the mid- to late-'90s, there was ''Anime/KaiketsuZorro'', an anime series where Zorro had a young boy sidekick accompany him on adventures in every episode as well as a love interest who put him down almost all the time. And in fact, there was even an episode where Zorro had to rescue his love interest from an evil nobleman who claimed to be the son of a Duke and who was wooing her, not unlike how Zorro in this movie had to rescue Elena from Count Armand, who also happened to be wooing her.

* TheScrappy: Who, after watching the first movie, apparently demanded that what the sequel needed was a child thrown into the mix?

** Jacob McGivens is considered by many to be a terrible and utterly forgettable villain, due to be very ineffective, useless, incompetent, obnoxious [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and has a distractingly unconvincing scar]].

* TheScrappy: Seriously... who, after watching the first movie, apparently demanded that what the sequel needed was a child thrown into the mix??

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''The Legend of Zorro'' took quite a bit of criticism for giving Zorro a boy sidekick and having his love interest humiliate and put him down throughout the movie. However, it wasn't the first time the Zorro character was put in this kind of scenario because in the mid to late 90s, there was KaiketsuZorro, an anime series where Zorro had a young boy sidekick accompany him on adventures in every episode as well as a love interest who put him down almost all the time. And in fact, there was even an episode where Zorro had to rescue his love interest from an evil nobleman who claimed to be the son of a Duke and who was wooing her, not unlike how Zorro in this movie had to rescue Elena from Count Armand, who also happened to be wooing her.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The general consensus seems to be that ''The Legend of Zorro'' was not so legendary, despite having the same leads and director.

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''The Legend of Zorro'' took quite a bit of criticism for giving Zorro a boy sidekick and having his love interest humiliate and put him down throughout the movie. However, it wasn't the first time the Zorro character was put in this kind of scenario because in the mid to late 90s, there was KaiketsuZorro, an anime series where Zorro had a young boy sidekick accompany him on adventures in every episode as well as a love interest who put him down almost all the time. And in fact, there was even an episode where Zorro had to rescue his love interest from an evil nobleman who claimed to be the son of a Duke and who was wooing her, not unlike how Zorro in this movie had to rescue Elena from Count Armand.