History YMMV / TheQuietMan

* AwesomeMusic: Imogen Heap's The Quiet, which plays during the credits of both the initial and NewGamePlus playthroughs. Though for some people, this only adds to the game's pretentiousness.

* SnarkBait: The game very quickly became considered this due to how little gameplay there is, the failure to give the player any coherency or context for the story, and how the ''Answered'' patch (which was released a week after the game proper and teased if you beat it beforehand) seemingly affirmed that the developers knew the game's story didn't make sense without dialogue in the first place. It didn't help that [[InvisibleAdvertising it was barely advertised]] after E3 2018.

* ScrappyMechanic: The lack of any sound ''or'' consistent subtitles has been heavily panned, since it makes the game nigh incomprehensible for players until they achieve a NewGamePlus.

* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Thoroughly subverted with the ''Answered'' patch. The patch delivers a NewGamePlus with music, sounds, and dialogue all unlocked. Unfortunately, said story with the audio unlocked is farfetched and filled with [[{{Narm}} narmtastic dialogue]].

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few people have read the short story ''The Green Rushes'' the film is based on.
** The story was later bundled into an anthology titled ''The Quiet Man and Other Stories'' so that people can find it.

* TearJerker: The flashback to Thorton [[CasualtyInTheRing killing his opponent in the boxing ring]]. The [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] look on Creator/JohnWayne's face was [[HeReallyCanAct an incredible piece of acting]] on his part, while the rest of the scene is filled with understated on-lookers showing no expression at all.

** The Best Picture nomination was nice, but the film lost to ''Film/TheGreatestShowOnEarth''? Granted, they were also up against ''Film/HighNoon'' and ''Film/{{Moulin|Rouge}} [[NamesTheSame Rouge]]''[[note]]Not the musical, but a José Ferrer {{Biopic}} of Toulouse-Lautrec[[/note]].

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Creator/MaureenOHara had the music from this film, her favorite of her own work, played while on her deathbed.

** The part of Thornton was practically Creator/JohnWayne's first role as a romantic lead, and while he's pretty much acting as JOHN WAYNE, he's [[HeReallyCanAct surprisingly good]] as the romantic-at-heart Sean Thorton. That he wasn't even nominated for Best Actor stands as a minor injustice.

** Actually it's more HeartbreakingInHindsight: the cottage used for exterior shots had fallen into disrepair since the 1960s, and [[http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/Fans-petition-means-Quiet-Man-cottage-could-be-saved.html is pretty much a ruin]] today. In the good news category, there are efforts to get it restored.
* ObviousDub: It's clear that every time he gets water thrown in his face, they had Creator/JohnWayne dub "Thanks" in a sarcastic tone during post-production.

** Although Sean is twice handed a stick to hit Mary with and throws it away both times, the extended scene where he drags her five miles back to town is hard to view in a romantic light now. He drags her by the wrist while she's visibly exhausted, and when she stumbles or loses her shoes, he grabs her by the collar of her jacket and drags her along the ground (which happens several times), and at the end of it flings her roughly at her brother. This humiliating treatment happens in front of the entire town, too.
*** And the town loves it. Especially the old woman who gave John the stick in the first place.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few people have read the short story "The Green Rushes" the film is based on.
** The story was later bundled into an anthology titled "The Quiet Man and Other Stories" so that people can find it.
* AwardSnub: The part of Thornton was practically John Wayne's first role as a romantic lead, and while he's pretty much acting as JOHN WAYNE, he's [[HeReallyCanAct surprisingly good]] as the romantic-at-heart Sean Thorton. That he wasn't even nominated for Best Actor stands as a minor injustice.
** Maureen O'Hara - in her finest moment as FieryRedhead was snubbed for Best Actress as well.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Maureen O'Hara had the music from this film, her favorite of her own work, played while on her deathbed.
* HilariousInHindsight: When Wayne petitions the Widow Tillane (Mildred Natwick) to buy back "White O'Morning" property, the Widow Tillane quizzes him on his motives, joking that he was going to convert the farm into "a national shrine, perhaps charge tuppence a visit for a guided tour through the little thatched cottage." In RealLife, the community where the filming took place – in County Mayo, Ireland -- has kept up the film sets, including that cottage, for the waves of tourists who come to visit.

* ObviousDub: It's clear that every time he gets water thrown in his face, they had John Wayne dub "Thanks" in a sarcastic tone during post-production.
* TearJerker: The flashback to Thorton [[CasualtyInTheRing killing his opponent in the boxing ring]]. The [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone horrified]] look on John Wayne's face was [[HeReallyCanAct an incredible piece of acting]] on his part, while the rest of the scene is filled with understated on-lookers showing no expression at all.

* TearJerker: The flashback to Thorton killing his opponent in the boxing ring. The horrified look on John Wayne's face was [[HeReallyCanAct an incredible piece of acting]] on his part, while the rest of the scene is filled with understated on-lookers showing no expression at all.

* StopHelpingMe: During the big fight between Sean and Danaher when ever one of them was knocked down a guy would throw a bucket of water in his face, then the crowd would pick him up and throw him back into the fight.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Few people have read the short story the film is based on.

* ValuesDissonance: Jokes about drunken Irishmen and the threat of domestic violence were perfectly acceptable back then.
** It should be noted that both times [[OverlyLongGag Sean, uh John]] is handed a stick to beat his wife, he doesn't use it. And the second time he hands it to Mary Kate who later throws it away once the issue with the dowry is settled.

* TearJerker: The flashback to [[spoiler: Thorton killing his opponent in the boxing ring. The horrified look on John Wayne's face was [[HeReallyCanAct an incredible piece of acting]] on his part, while the rest of the scene is filled with understated on-lookers showing no expression at all.]]

* AwardSnub: The part of Thornton was practically John Wayne's first role as a romantic lead, and while he's pretty much acting as JOHN WAYNE, he's surprisingly good as the romantic-at-heart Sean Thorton. That he wasn't even nominated for Best Actor stands as a minor injustice.

** The Best Picture nomination was nice, but the film lost to ''TheGreatestShowOnEarth''? Granted, they were also up against ''HighNoon'' and ''{{Moulin|Rouge}} [[NamesTheSame Rouge]]''[[note]]Not the musical, but a José Ferrer {{Biopic}} of Toulouse-Lautrec[[/note]].

** The Best Picture nomination was nice, but the film lost to ''TheGreatestShowOnEarth''? Granted, they were also up against ''HighNoon'' and ''{{Moulin|Rouge}} [[NamesTheSame Rouge]]'' [[hottip:* :Not the musical, but a José Ferrer {{Biopic}} of Toulouse-Lautrec]].

* ValuesDissonance: Jokes about drunken Irishmen and the threat of domestic violence were perfectly acceptable back then.