The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)/YMMV

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  • Ham and Cheese: Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich and Gerard Depardieu seem to have been in a scenery-devouring contest.
    • "It's JUDGMENT DAY!"
    • "I am PORTHOS! And I FIGHT THE KING!"
    • "As for you, back to the prison you fear and into the mask you hate. WHERE IT UNTIL YOU LOVE IT!!!!! And then die in it."
  • Narm: Arguably the main appeal of the movie.
    • D'Artagnan: "To love you is treason against France. Not to love you is treason... against my heart."
  • Retroactive Recognition: Then-unknown Peter Sarsgaard as Arthos' doomed son.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: By putting Philippe on the throne, they most likely averted the French Revolution in their timeline, in which case they have lost the Enlightenment, Robespierre, the changing of the social classes in history and Napoleon's conquest.
    • There was more than one Enlightenment, it's possible that by avoiding the Revolution the same result was achieved with much less blood.
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