History YMMV / DrNo

* DamselScrappy:
** Honey's incredible naivete and ignorance (she seriously believes the tank is a dragon?!) is ''not'' endearing, nor is her incredibly dumb way of trying to prove to Bond it could be a dragon.
** Note that Quarrel also thought it was a dragon, so she wasn't alone in that. They also thought the same in the book.
** In the book Honey has the physical body and sexual urges of a fully-grown woman but the mentality and naivete of a child. This is also combined by the fact that she never went to school, raised herself after being orphaned at a very young age and had little to no regular human contact. The problem with the film is that they keep in the key scenes from the book such as the battle with the tank, but leave out the context as to why an adult would be so easily fooled by such a pathetic forgery.
** Also, the Dragon in the film was a flame-throwing armored car painted with some eyes and teeth, which didn't make it look very convincing. The book had the group being attacked by a truly massive tank--for starters, it had airplane tyres and it had huge fins and a neck and head to make it look like a dragon, with flames coming out of the head's mouth.

** "You've had your six."
** Bond waking up to find a tarantula in his bed.
** Bond's introduction, with the first occurrence of [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond "Bond, James Bond"]].

* NarmCharm: The car driving the Three Blind Mice explodes for no reason while it’s rolling down a shallow hill. Really entertaining.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: In the words of [[Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic David Morgan-Mar]], "[[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/comic.php?current=1044&theme=15&dir=next I couldn't reproduce the obvious sheet of glass between James and the spider that you can see in the film.]]"

** Ursula Andress wears an obvious [[NudeColoredClothes flesh-colored towel]] in an attempt to increase the {{fanservice}} in her decontamination

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Dr. No'' was the first of Fleming's novels to receive heavy criticism, mainly for lacking the realism of the previous books and having fantastical elements instead. Nowadays, it's one of the most popular and beloved novels in the series, thanks to sharing a lot of elements with the movies.

* FanNickname: Creator/UrsulaAndress as "Ursula Undress" due to her famous bikini scene. She was actually cast after the producers saw her in a wet t-shirt contest.

* FairForItsDay: Quarrel was seen as a very progressive black character at the time the film came out, as he is a competent and loyal informant for the CIA who accompanies Bond in StormingTheCastle. He still has loads of fans today, but modern viewers have been known to be put off by his being more fearful than Bond and the scene where Bond tells him to carry his shoes.

* AdaptationalWimp: Novel!Honey is a lot more savvy and capable than Film!Honey.

* VindicatedByHistory: Received mixed reviews from critics upon its original premiere, but is now considered one of the best spy films ever made and one of the best Bond films. On Website/RottenTomatoes, for one, it even has a higher rating than ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.

* EarWorm: "Underneath the Mango Tree".

* VindicatedByHistory: Received mixed reviews from critics upon its original premiere, but is now considered one of best spy films ever made and one of the best Bond films. On Website/RottenTomatoes, for one, it even has a higher rating than ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The scene where Honey Ryder emerges from ocean wearing only a revealing (for the time) bikini is not only the film's most iconic scene, but one of the most iconic moments in the entire James Bond franchise. It would later be copied by Halle Berry in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', and Creator/DanielCraig would do a gender-swapped version in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''.

** A minor but rather jarring moment from the otherwise quite good film. When the script reads, "That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six!", it's probably a good idea to make sure the man Bond is saying this to is holding a ''revolver''. Not a Colt M1911, one of the most recognisable ''semi-automatic pistols'' ever made and which almost everyone knows has a ''seven'' round magazine. And on top of this, Smith and Wesson didn't even manufacture a 1911 variant at the time. Even more perplexing is that Smith and Wesson revolvers were used later in the film, making it questionable why the props department chose to use a 1911 in the first place.

** Also, the Dragon in the film was a flame throwing armored car painted with some eyes and teeth, which didn't make it look very convincing. The book had the group being attacked by a truly massive tank--for starters, it had airplane tyres and it had huge fins and a neck and head to make it look like a dragon, with flames coming out of the head's mouth.

** Honey's entrance from the sea in her bikini.

* MagnificentBastard: Dr. Julius No is one of SPECTRE's top operatives and a man of charm and charisma who rules Crab Key, Jamaiaca with his two metal fists. Seeking to disrupt a shuttle launch from America, No outplays everyone sent to the area until Bond's arrival, and even for much o the film Bond is entirely within No's power, only surviving thanks to outwitting No's assassins. When encountered by Bond, No reveals how he completely outwitted the Tongs after crawling up from nothing in Hong Kong as the son of a German missionary and a Chinese woman. Joining SPECTRE, No seeks to help overthrow the orders of east and west blocks alike, and remains one of the most dynamic and striking villains Bond ever faces.

* MagnificentBastard: Dr. No qualifies, see the [[YMMV/JamesBond main page]] for details.

* FanNickname: Ursula Andress as "Ursula Undress" due to her famous bikini scene. She was actually cast after the producers saw her in a wet t-shirt contest.

** Monty Norman's jazzy, bouncy score can seem somewhat out of place after hearing John Barry's work in the later Bond entries, often coming across more like something you'd expect to hear in a ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' film. It's especially pronounced in the spider scene, where it tries a ''little'' too hard to sell the danger of the situation, and the climatic fight between Bond and Dr. No.

* FanNickname: Ursula Andress as "Ursula Undress" due to her famous bikini scene.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic[=/=]EarWorm:

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The protagonist was an unknown, and [[Literature/JamesBond the book series]] did not have much recognition. Therefore, Creator/UnitedArtists gave the film a miniscule budget, and for the US release it premiered in the Midwest prior to the big cities, since UA feared it wouldn't find much of an audience. It had a decent run, leading to the even more revered sequel ''Film/FromRussiaWithLive'', and finally a third movie, ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', a smash hit that made Bond a cultural landmark.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The protagonist was an unknown, the book series did not have much recognition, United Artists gave a miniscule budget and for the US release it begun in the Midwest prior to the big cities fearing it wouldn't find much of an audience. It had a decent run, leading to an even more revered sequel, and finally a third movie where Bond became a cultural landmark.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic / EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BAXBPHBHsE "Three blind mice, in a row, three blind mice, there they go...]].
** The music from this film is credited with kicking off the reggae/ska music scene in Great Britain. The film's location manager, seen dancing in the scene at the club, would go on to found reggae powerhouse Island Records.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The scene where Honey Ryder emerges from ocean wearing only a revealing (for the time) bikini is not only the film's most iconic scene, but one of the most iconic moments in the entire James Bond franchise. It would later be copied by Halle Berry in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', and Daniel Craig would do a gender-swapped version in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''.

* DamselScrappy: Honey's incredible naivete and ignorance (she seriously believes the tank is a dragon?!) is ''not'' endearing, nor is her incredibly dumb way of trying to prove to Bond it could be a dragon.

** In the book Honey has the physical body and urges of a fully-grown woman but the mentality and naivety of a child. This is also combined by the fact that she never went to school, raised herself after being orphaned at a very young age and had little to no regular human contact. The problem with the film is that they keep in the key scenes from the book such as the battle with the tank, but leave out the context as to why an adult would be so easily fooled by such a pathetic forgery.
** Also, the Dragon in the film was a flame throwing armored car painted with some eyes and teeth, which didn't make it look very convincing. The book had the group being attacked by a truly massive tank-for starters, it had airplane tyres and it had huge fins and a neck and head to make it look like a dragon, with flames coming out of the head's mouth.

* IdiotPlot: James Bond's sabotage of the reactor would have been short-lived if Dr. No had even one armed guard in the control room with them [[note]]Although the argument could be made that having guns inside a nuclear reactor is just as bad of an idea, if not worse. [[/note]], or if all the rad-suited workers had rushed Bond ''en masse'' instead of fleeing and leaving Dr. No to fight him alone [[note]]Although one can possibly forgive them for wanting to put as much distance between themselves and a nuclear reactor about to blow as possible.[[/note]]. It is also hard to credit that a nuclear reactor could be designed with so few safeguards that all that is necessary to blow it up is turning one dial too far to the right.

** Monty Norman's jazzy, bouncy score can seem somewhat out of place after hearing John Barry's work in the later Bond entries, often coming across more like something you'd expect to hear in a ''[[Film/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' film. It's especially pronounced in the spider scene, where it tries a ''little'' too hard to sell the danger of the situation, and the climatic fight between Bond and Dr. No.

** Bond waking up to find a spider in his bed.

* VindicatedByHistory: Dr. No was the first of Fleming's novels to receive heavy criticism, mainly for lacking the realism of the previous books and having fantastical elements instead. Nowadays, it's one of the most popular and beloved novels in the series, thanks to sharing a lot of elements with the movies.

* MagnificentBastard: Dr No is literally the archetypal Bond villain- extremely intelligent, wealthy, powerful, cultured and dangerous, and if taken at his word his defeat at the hands of James Bond constitutes his one and own (if fatal) failure. He sees through almost all of Bonds tricks and has cleanly gotten away with toppling American rockets for months if not years, successfully robbed the dangerous Chinese criminal syndicate he was Treasurer of, and rose to become one of the top agents of the most powerful NebulousEvilOrganization on the planet. For a character who only has around 10 minutes of screen time, he proves to be a memorable and intimidating nemesis.

* VindicatedByHistory: Received mixed reviews from critics upon its original premiere, but is now considered one of best spy films ever made and one of the best Bond films. On RottenTomatoes, for one, it even has a higher rating than ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.

* FairForItsDay: Quarrel was seen as a very progressive Black character at the time the film came out, as he is a competent and loyal informant for the CIA who accompanies Bond in StormingTheCastle. He still has loads of fans today, but modern viewers have been known to be put off by his being more fearful than Bond and the scene where Bonds tells him to carry his shoes.

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: The protagonist was an unknown, the book series did not have much recognition, United Artists gave a miniscule budget and for the US release begun in the Midwest prior to the big cities fearing it wouldn't find much of an audience. It had a decent run, leading to a even more revered sequel, and finally a third movie where Bond became a cultural landmark.

*** Then again Or that he knew it was a Colt 1911 and James was tricking the assassin into thinking he had lowered his guard.