History YMMV / WildWildWest

* InternetBackdraft: Mentioning this movie to any fan of the TV series is 99.9% guaranteed to hit a BerserkButton on their part.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: A {{Western}} on {{Steampunk}} crack.

* SnarkBait: Once the sci-fi effects took center stage with the Spider Tank, the movie immediately became this.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: A {{Western}} on crack.

* HamAndCheese: Pretty much what makes this film SoBadItsGood. Mostly comes from Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline, though Will Smith is certainly not restraining himself.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome
** For all of the film's mixed reception, Music/ElmerBernstein's score is fantastic, with some saying that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq6bD4IC2MA opening theme]] deserved a better film. Especially since this turned out to be the last Western that this master of scoring Westerns ever did.
** Will Smith's tie-in theme song. Unfitting as it may be and clearly meant to duplicate the success of ''Film/MenInBlack'', it's still awesome!

* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: The painfully obvious one. RaceLift aside, Will Smith's NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Arliss Loveless]] is a former [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Confederate slaveholder]] and a technology expert with no allegiance to anyone but himself. He kidnaps a group of scientists to build new weapons of war for him (one of which is all but stated to be a ''rape machine''), [[OffWithHisHead decapitating one of them]] for trying to warn the President. He slaughters General [=McGrath=]'s men in front of him with a tank prototype as punishment for surrendering to the North during the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]], using the General's men as target practice; he kills the General himself when [=McGrath=] demands that he stop the massacre. He plans to destroy the United States unless the President surrenders to his new alliance, and firebombs a random frontier town to prove his point. Despite his earlier slaughter of a former Confederate troop for their disloyalty, he sells out the Confederacy that he fought for when he presents his plan to carve up the whole country amongst himself and a collection of foreign powers. In addition, it's revealed that he previously used his tank to wipe out a settlement of free slaves, [[YouKilledMyFather including Jim West's family]], also for target practice.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Arliss Loveless]] is a former [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Confederate slaveholder]] and a technology expert with no allegiance to anyone but himself. He kidnaps a group of scientists to build new weapons of war for him (one of which is all but stated to be a ''rape machine''), [[OffWithHisHead decapitating one of them]] for trying to warn the President. He slaughters General [=McGrath=]'s men in front of him with a tank prototype as punishment for surrendering to the North during the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]], using the General's men as target practice. He kills the General himself when the latter demands that Loveless stop the massacre. He plans to destroy the United States unless the President surrenders to his new alliance, and firebombs a random frontier town to prove his point. He sells out the former Confederacy that he fought for when he presents his plan to carve up the whole country amongst himself and a collection of foreign powers. In addition, it's revealed that he previously used his tank to wipe out a settlement of free slaves, [[YouKilledMyFather including Jim West's family]], also for target practice.

* CriticProof:
** Despite both bad reviews and failing to recoup its production and marketing expenses, the film still attracted an audience, grossing over $200 million worldwide (a bigger deal in the '90s than it is today) and, adjusted for inflation, sold more tickets in North America than Smith's recent "return to form" film, ''Film/MenInBlack3''. Smith famously bragged; ''"[[BadassBoast That's how big I am. I]] '''[[BadassBoast bomb]]''' [[BadassBoast over $100 million.]]"''
** Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone maintain that at least part of this was because kids under 18 were buying tickets to see this film, then sneaking into screenings of ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''. The two were extremely vocal about their hatred for this movie and were actually offended that they inadvertently led to its success.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: There are some who think that when Rita lied and said [[spoiler: Professor Escobar was her father rather than her husband]], as well as being seen in sexy clothing, she did this to manipulate Jim and into helping her by stringing them along with the hint of sex if they succeeded.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: There are some who think that when Rita lied and said [[spoiler: Professor Escobar was her father rather than her husband]], as well as being seen in sexy clothing, she did this to manipulate Jim and into helping her by stringing them along with the hint of sex if the succeeded.

** Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone maintain that at least part of this was because kids under 18 were buying tickets to see this film, then sneaking into screenings of ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut''. The two were extremely vocal about their hatred for this movie and were actually offended that they inadvertently led to it's success.

* LoveItOrHateIt: It is a fun movie despite rather awkward storytelling, irregular comedy, and it being very, ''very'' scarcely true to the series. It's really up to the viewer to decide if it's worth watching.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: There are some who think that Rita lied and said [[spoiler: was her father rather than her husband]], as well as being seen in sexy clothing to manipulate Jim and into helping her by stringing them along with the hint of sex if the succeeded.

** For all of the film's mixed reception, Music/ElmerBernstein's score is fantastic, with some saying that the opening theme deserved a better film. Especially since this turned out to be the last Western that this master of scoring Westerns ever did.

* CriticProof: Despite both bad reviews and failing to recoup its production and marketing expenses, the film still attracted an audience, grossing over $200 million worldwide (a bigger deal in the '90s than it is today) and, adjusted for inflation, sold more tickets in North America than Smith's recent "return to form" film, ''Film/MenInBlack3''. Smith famously bragged; ''"[[BadassBoast That's how big I am. I]] '''[[BadassBoast bomb]]''' [[BadassBoast over $100 million.]]"''

** For all of the film's mixed reception, Creator/ElmerBernstein's score is fantastic, with some saying that the opening theme deserved a better film. Especially since this turned out to be the last Western that this master of scoring Westerns ever did.

** Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone maintain that at least part of this was because kids under 18 were buying tickets to see this film, then sneaking into screenings of ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', and the two were actually quite offended that they inadvertently led to this film's success.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Arliss Loveless]] is a former [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Confederate slaveholder]] and a technology expert with no allegiance to anyone but himself. He kidnaps a group of scientists to build new weapons of war for him, [[OffWithHisHead decapitating one of them]] for trying to warn the President. He slaughters General [=McGrath=]'s men in front of him with a tank prototype as punishment for surrendering to the North during the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]], using the General's men as target practice. He kills the General himself when the latter demands that Loveless stop the massacre. He plans to destroy the United States unless the President surrenders to his new alliance, and firebombs a random frontier town to prove his point. He sells out the former Confederacy that he fought for when he presents his plan to carve up the whole country amongst himself and a collection of foreign powers. In addition, it's revealed that he previously used his tank to wipe out a settlement of free slaves, [[YouKilledMyFather including Jim West's family]], also for target practice.

* CriticProof: Despite both bad reviews and failing to recoup its production and marketing expenses, the film still attracted an audience, grossing over $200 million worldwide (a bigger deal in the '90s than it is today) and, adjusted for inflation, sold more tickets in North America than Smith's recent "return to form" film, ''Film/MenInBlack3''.
** And as WillSmith famously said; ''"[[BadassBoast That's how big I am. I]] '''[[BadassBoast bomb]]''' [[BadassBoast over $100 million.]]"''
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: For all of the film's mixed reception, ElmerBernstein's score is fantastic, with some saying that the opening theme deserved a better film.
** Especially since this turned out to be the last Western that this master of scoring Westerns ever did.

** Can also double as CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Arliss Loveless]] is a former [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Confederate slaveholder]] and a technology expert with no allegiance to anyone but himself. He kidnaps a group of scientists to build new weapons of war for him, [[OffWithHisHead decapitating one of them]] for trying to warn the President. He slaughters General [=McGrath=]'s men in front of him with a tank prototype as punishment for surrendering to the North during the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]], using the General's men as target practice. He kills the General himself when the latter demands that Loveless stop the massacre. He plans to destroy the United States unless the President surrenders to his new alliance, and firebombs a random frontier town to prove his point. He sells out the former Confederacy that he fought for when he presents his plan to carve up the whole country amongst himself and a collection of foreign powers. In addition, it's revealed that he previously used his tank to wipe out a settlement of free slaves, including Jim West's family, also for target practice.

* {{Squick}}: The film proper starts out with Jim West romancing a lady - in a water tower. ''Somebody's got to drink that!!!''

* {{Squick}} : The film proper starts out with Jim West romancing a lady - in a water tower. ''Somebody's got to drink that!!!''

** Though it was reported that several teenagers under 17 bought tickets for this movie, only to sit in the theater showing ''Westernanimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' instead.