History YMMV / GoldenEye

* FanDumb: There was a minor outcry because was the first movie where James Bond was issued [[CulturalPosturing a foreign-built car, the German BMW Z3]]. Made dumber because in his driving action sequence, he uses a vintage Aston Martin.

* HilariousInHindsight: Boris ends the movie as a HumanPopsicle. He's played by Creator/AlanCumming. And now you know why [[X2XMenUnited Nightcrawler]] was so unnerved by the cold.

* WinBackTheCrowd: After the low-grossing (in America, at least) LicenceToKill and six years of no films, Bond fans and the general public were very happy to see Goldeneye.

** Perhaps also HilariousInHindsight, but in this film, M criticizes Bond as "A relic of the Cold War.". In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', the [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee government committee this same M is hauled before]] criticizes her and MI6 as a whole for the exact same thing.

* WritersCannotDoMath: [[spoiler:Janus' revenge plot makes no sense considering he is far too young to have parents that were killed at the end of WorldWarII. If he was an ''infant'' when that happened, he'd be at least ten years Bond's senior, and they appear to be the same age. Possible justifications include Janus having access to plastic surgery, and Janus' father [[SurvivorGuilt living with his shame]] for several years after the war, before finally breaking down and [[MurderSuicide killing both himself and his wife]].]] Given that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the role of Janus was originally written as a mentor to Bond]], with AlanRickman in mind, the original version would have been the appropriate age.

* HilariousInHindsight: Boris ends the movie as a HumanPopsicle. He's played by AlanCumming. And now you know why [[X2XMenUnited Nightcrawler]] was so unnerved by the cold.

** Watched nowadays, the plot can come across as a clever subversion of Sean Bean's penchant for playing characters who die early on. In fact, the film comes from before he had that reputation.

* WritersCannotDoMath: [[spoiler: Janus' revenge plot makes no sense considering he is far too young to have parents that were killed at the end of WorldWarTwo. If he was an ''infant'' when that happened, he'd be at least ten years Bond's senior, and they appear to be the same age. Possible justifications include Janus having access to plastic surgery, and Janus' father [[SurvivorGuilt living with his shame]] for several years after the war, before finally breaking down and [[MurderSuicide killing both himself and his wife]].]] Given that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the role of Janus was originally written as a mentor to Bond]], with AlanRickman in mind, the original version would have been the appropriate age.

* FirstInstallmentWins: It's by far the most well-received of Pierce Brosnan's Bond films, and is generally rated as one of the best in the franchise. Then again, this ''was'' the film that revived the series after DevelopmentHell.

* HilariousInHindsight: Boris ends the movie as a HumanPopsicle. He's played by AlanCumming. And now you know why [[XMenUnited Nightcrawler]] was so unnerved by the cold.

* HilariousInHindsight: Boris ends the movie as a HumanPopsicle. He's played by AlanCumming. And now you know why [[XMen2 Nightcrawler]] was so unnerved by the cold.

** Again, survivor's guilt is specifically pointed out as the reason for the death of Alec's parents. Given how the guilt could build over time, this gives Alec ten to thirty years to be born before his father kills himself and his mother, separating him sufficiently from the original event his father feels guilty over. It's one hell of a stretch, but it can ''JUST BARELY'' happen.

** Again, survivor's guilt is specifically pointed out as the reason for the death of Alec's parents. Given how the guilt could build over time, this gives Alec ten to thirty years to be born before his father kills himself and his mother, seperating him sufficiently from the original event his father feels guilty over.

* UnfortunateImplications: Bond reveals to General Ouromov that Janus is of Lienz Cossack descent and he'll betray the Russians because it's in his nature to do so.

* ViewersAreMorons: Very minor example, but is there any real reason that Tanner feels the need to describe an {{EMP}} as "the idea being to knock out the enemy's communication before he, she, or they can retaliate."?

* OneSceneWonder: As in many Bond flicks, the MI6 officials only appear once in the beginning for mission briefing. However, JudiDench steals the show in her debut as M, giving Bond a tongue-lashing that her predecessor could have only dreamed of.

* OneSceneWonder: As in many Bond flicks, the MI6 officials only appear once in the beginning for mission briefing. However, JudiDench steals the show in her debut as M, giving Bond a tongue-lashing that her predecessor could have only dreamed of.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The [[Game/GoldenEye licensed video game]] is at least as famous as the movie, and in some circles, definitely more so.

* OneSceneWonder: As in many Bond flicks, the MI6 officials only appear once in the beginning for mission briefing. However, JudiDench steals the show in her debut as M, giving Bond a tongue-lashing that her predecessor could have only dreamed of.

!![[Game/GoldenEye The Nintendo 64 game]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Even the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fJ8JNtxw8w elevator music]].
* DemonicSpiders:
** The ceiling mounted sentry guns, which are exceedingly difficult to hit and have high rates of fire.
** Triggering an alarm will often summon a never-ending number of sunglasses-wearing EliteMooks.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee262/m0skaudancer/DR_DOAK_BITCH.jpg Dr. Doak]] [[spoiler: [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!]]]]
* GoodBadBugs:
** With the All Guns cheat on, if you switched your weapons back and forth in a certain way, you could dual wield two different guns, which could have hilarious results such as using a rocket launcher and a grenade launcher, or a laser gun plus the watch laser to make Bond look like he has three arms!
** A+B to instantly detonate remote mines. No watch required. Basically turns them into smart grenades.
** There's also the cartridge tilt glitch. See MemeticMutation.
* MemeticMutation: [[GoodBadBug Tilting the cartridge results in characters on the screen spinning around in circles.]] Vertically. In other words, everything on the screen that isn't level geometry look like really fast pinwheels. [[http://tinyurl.com/qyc8qv The Japanese took wind of it and naturally, turned it into a dance routine.]]
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5c_MEs9mo And a video of it is here]]. Unfortunately after watching this it's hard to take the song seriously.
* MisaimedFandom: The ''Goldeneye'' team seem to have liked Boris enough to make killing him during Control a mission failure condition (barring certain devious trickery), with Natalya refusing to reprogram the satellite if Bond shoots him. This despite that Natalya's first reaction to meeting him at this point in the movie was that she ''tried to kill him'', due to his complicity in the Severnaya attack and the fact that she was repeatedly nearly killed (and it's implied at one point nearly raped) as a result of Boris' dickish associates. Um, zany!
** It wouldn't be so hard to not shoot him the first time if he [[DamnYouMuscleMemory didn't pull a gun on you.]]
* TheScrappy: Natalya, who is, as this reviewer points out, [[http://www.n64howto.com/2008/02/goldeneye-007-mission-6-statue-park.html basically useless outside of getting caught.]]
** Averted in the Jungle level, where she can be quite useful with her [[AKA47 Cougar Magnum]] revolver.
* ScrappyWeapon: The Klobb. It says something when Goldeneye:Source moves it to starting weapon in all sets it is in and lowers the MercyInvincibility timeout (making rapid fire more useful) and people will charge each other with melee weapons instead of use it.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: In 1997, this game was nothing less than legendary, and singlehandedly kicked the term "''DOOM'' Clone" out of the Official Gamer's Lexicon. Now, every other console FPS has not only copied its innovations, but improved upon them.
* SoBadItsGood: The Klobb, although YourMileageMayVary. It may have virtually no stopping power, but it is at least [[HollywoodSilencer quieter]] than most of your other options and there is usually [[BottomlessMagazines plenty of ammo.]]
* ThatOneLevel:
** Control. Dear lord, Control. It starts with cleaning up the first room to make way for Natalya, and for each soldier in it there's a sentry gun ready to mince you. You have to be more than stealthy if you want to make it relatively unscathed. Then there's this room with the sentry guns aimed at the door (as well as the soldiers facing it), so opening it up might not quite be a good idea. And then there's saving Natalya's bacon while she hacks into the computer... particularly annoying are the guys who randomly appear directly to her left and right and immediately proceed to start emptying bullets into her, while you'll inevitably be tied up on account of the multiple shooters coming down the various stairs. It's also one of the longest levels, usually taking about 15 minutes to complete.
** The Caverns is even longer, and the Aztec is probably the most difficult of all, especially on 00 Agent. Egyptian is an aversion; it's impossible if you don't know how to do it, easy if you do.
** Cradle is also a pain. Never-ending mooks are the real final boss as you [[GetBackHereBoss play cat and mouse]] with Trevelyan. You can die before even making it up the first ramp.
* ThatOneBoss: Xenia is quite difficult to defeat. So is [[TheCameo Jaws.]] Baron Samedi would be as well, if not for the [[OneHitKill Golden Gun]] - and even then it takes [[BeyondTheImpossible multiple hits]] in his [[BackFromTheDead second and third incarnations]].