History YMMV / TheLastOfTheMohicans

** Duncan. He's a very competent officer. Proves to be a very capable fighter in combat. Bravely speaks his mind to his superiors. He is willing to continue a hopeless fight defending the fort. [[spoiler: And ultimately makes a HeroicSacrifice for the benefits of the woman who scorned him and her lover who had been his chief rival. This last act is clearly shocking to Hawkeye who at least [[MercyKill puts Duncan out of his misery]] while he’s being burned alive.]]

** The film only received one UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination, for Best Sound, which it won. It didn't even receive a nomination for its famous film score.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_M_LAMaf0w&fmt=18 "Promontory"]], the repetitive fiddle movement that plays for a good seven minutes during the climactic scene of the film.
* CharacterExaggeration: Magua. He is actually a much more complex - and conflicted - character in the novel. Yes, he wants revenge on Colonel Munro for humiliating him. But his idea of "revenge" is to take Cora (the not-completely-white sister) as his mate and treat her as a slave.

** Duncan. He’s a very competent officer. Proves to be a very capable fighter in combat. Bravely speaks his mind to his superiors. He is willing to continue a hopeless fight defending the fort. [[spoiler: And ultimately makes a HeroicSacrifice for the benefits of the woman who scorned him and her lover who had been his chief rival. This last act is clearly shocking to Hawkeye who at least [[MercyKill puts Duncan out of his misery]] while he’s being burned alive.]]

* CoveredUp: "Promontory" is derived from a piece called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JuC1hYCdvs The Gael"]] by Scottish musician Dougie [=MacLean=] (which was composed for a museum about ''the Loch Ness Monster'', of all things).

** Duncan. He’s a very competent officer. Proves to be a very capable fighter in combat. Bravely speaks his mind to his superiors. He is willing to continue a hopeless fight defending the fort. [[spoiler: And ultimately makes a HeroicSacrifice for the benefits of the woman who scorned him and her lover who had been his chief rival. This last act is clearly shocking to Hawkeye who at least puts Duncan out of his misery while he’s being burned alive.]]

** The film only received one UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Sound, which it won. It didn't even receive a nomination for its famous film score.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Magua's gesture towards Alice just before her suicide. Is he just trying to look like he tried to stop her so nobody will doubt that he followed Sachem's decree? Is he just pragmatically trying to save her so he can take her back to be his wife? Did he actually for a brief moment have genuine compassion for her? If the latter, it makes you wonder what he would have been like if not for the tragedies he suffered earlier in his life that left him with little feeling outside of a thirst for vengeance.

* FanPreferredCouple: In the years since the movie was released, many viewers have come to prefer the subtle, wordless love story between Uncas and Alice compared to the dramatic main romance between Hawkeye and Cora.

* AdaptationDisplacement: This is most likely to be what people think of when you talk about "The Last of the Mohicans" instead of the original book.