History YMMV / TheWorldIsNotEnough

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks : The mixed reception to TWINE served as an alarm bell that the Bond formula was making moviegoers restless. ''TheAgonyBooth'' puts it succinctly:

** Well, its debatable if [[spoiler: Elektra]] is truly this or is actually a [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], AxCrazy CompleteMonster who is, after all, plotting to murder millions of people for profit. And the movie does seem to suggest that its the latter that is true.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Renard's]] death is almost a TearJerker.

** From the soundtrack, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCt4O4gJifQ Only Myself to Blame]] by Scott Walker.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Elektra]]'s death may count. [[spoiler:Renard]]'s may as well.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus is that while the first half of the film is pretty good, or at least serviceable Bond, it goes off the rails as soon as Denise Richards shows up.
* StrangledByTheRedString: While one can hardly expect a relationship between Bond and his current Bond Girl to have any real substance, his fling with Christmas Jones is a glaring example of this. They have absolutely ''zero'' romantic interaction or flirtation (shockingly absent for a Bond film) before hooking up in the movie's final scenes. Her sole purposes in the film seems to be to completely botch Bond's first attempt to stop Renard's plot (making the second half of the movie literally her fault alone), and for Bond to have a warm body to be in bed with once [[spoiler: Elektra is revealed as the villain and Bond kills her]].

* TheScrappy: Dr. Jones and Mr. Bullion.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Elektra]]'s death may count.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is [[spoiler:Elektra]] truly the villain, manipulating [[spoiler:Renard]] for [[spoiler:her]] purposes, or is it the other way around?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is [[spoiler:Elektra]] truly the villain, manipulating Renard for [[spoiler:her]] purposes, or is it the other way around?

* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Elektra]]'s death may count. Also Q's farewell on a meta-level.

* StrangledByTheRedString: While one can hardly expect a relationship between Bond and his current Bond Girl to have any real substance, his fling with Christmas Jones is a glaring example of this. Her sole purposes in the film seems to be to completely botch Bond's first attempt to stop Renard's plot (making the second half of the movie literally her fault alone), and for Bond to have a warm body to be in bed with once [[spoiler: Elektra is revealed as the villain and Bond kills her]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: {{Garbage}}'s theme, which is widely considered the best Bond theme from Brosnan's tenure (and among a few, the best since at least ''AViewToAKill''). It would also appear to be the only Bond theme song sung from an in-universe perspective; [[spoiler:it's Elektra's VillainSong]].

* WTHCastingAgency: It speaks to how badly it was a misfire to cast Denise Richards that people considered it too much of a stretch for her to be a scientist, in a film series where most of the women casted on the criteria of looks first, second, and third. She won the GoldenRaspberryAward, is often polled as the worst Bond Girl (or second to [[AViewToAKill Tanya Roberts]]), and it virtually killed her career; Richards' biggest role after this film was middle-billing in teen-slasher-film-of-the-month ''Film/{{Valentine}}'' two years later.

* StrangledByTheRedString: While one can hardly expect a relationship between Bond and his current Bond Girl to have any real substance, his fling with Christmas Jones is a glaring example of this. Her sole purpose in the film seems to be for Bond to have a warm body to be in bed with once [[spoiler: Elektra is revealed as the villain and Bond kills her]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: {{Garbage}}'s theme, which is widely considered the best Bond theme from Brosnan's tenure (and among a few, the best since at least ''AViewToAKill'').

* WoobieDestroyerofWorlds: Elektra King.

* WTHCastingAgency: It speaks to how badly it was a misfire to cast Denise Richards that people considered it too much of a stretch for her to be a scientist, in a film series where most of the women casted on the criteria of looks first, second, and third. She won the GoldenRaspberryAward, is often polled as the worst Bond Girl (or second to [[AViewToAKill Tanya Roberts]]), and it virtually killed her career; Richards' biggest role after this film was middle-billing in teen-slasher-film-of-the-month ''Film/{{Valentine}}'' two years later.

* WoobieDestroyerofWorlds: Elektra King.

* WTHCastingAgency: It speaks to how badly it was a misfire to cast Denise Richards that people considered it too much of a stretch for her to be a scientist, in a film series where most of the women casted on the criteria of looks first, second, and third. She won the GoldenRaspberryAward, is often polled as the worst Bond Girl (or second to [[AViewToAKill Tanya Roberts]]), and it virtually killed her career; Richards' biggest role after this film was middle-billing in teen-slasher-film-of-the-month ''{{Valentine}}'' two years later.

* WTHCastingAgency: It speaks to how badly it was a misfire to cast Denise Richards that people considered it too much of a stretch for her to be a scientist, in a film series where most of the women casted on the criteria of looks first, second, and third. She is often polled as the worst Bond Girl (or second to [[AViewToAKill Tanya Roberts]]), and it virtually killed her career; Richards' biggest role after this film was middle-billing in teen-slasher-film-of-the-month ''{{Valentine}}'' two years later.

* StrangledByTheRedString: While one can hardly expect a relationship between Bond and his current Bond Girl to have any real substance, his fling with Christmas Jones is a glaring example of this. Her sole purpose in the film seems to be for Bond to have a warm body to be in bed with once [[spoiler: Elektra is revealed as the villain and Bond kills her]].