Editing Die Another Day (section)

=== Retrospective ===
Despite favour from fans who prefer Bond's more "camp" films, a comment piece in 2020 stated that it is "considered by many to be the worst entry in James Bond's canon" and compares unfavourably to ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' (released months earlier), which "ushered in a new era of violent, gritty action-espionage movies" and gave rise to the "stripped-down, no-nonsense" Bond of [[Daniel Craig]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Elvy |first=Craig |date=3 February 2020 |url=https://screenrant.com/die-another-day-james-bond-movie-problems-pierce-brosnan/ |title=What Went Wrong With James Bond's Die Another Day |website=Screen Rant |access-date=7 February 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206132243/https://screenrant.com/die-another-day-james-bond-movie-problems-pierce-brosnan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
It often occupies a low rank on Bond-related lists,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=Every "Bond" Film Ever, Ranked |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a37893919/best-bond-movies-ranked/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Esquire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=All 27 James Bond Movies Ranked by Tomatometer |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/james-bond-movies/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=editorial.rottentomatoes.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Every James Bond movie ranked, from Sean Connery's 'Dr. No' to Daniel Craig's 'No Time to Die' |url=https://ew.com/every-james-bond-movie-ranked-8654954 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref> and the title song has also received mixed reactions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-14 |title=All 25 James Bond Theme Songs, Ranked |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/g30925924/james-bond-theme-songs-ranking/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-22 |title=Madonna's 'Die Another Day' theme is so bad, it's amazing |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/madonna-die-another-day-soundtrack-so-bad-its-amazing/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2021-10-08 |title=Every James Bond Theme Song, Ranked Worst to Best |url=https://variety.com/lists/james-bond-theme-songs-ranked-no-time-to-die-music/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Madonna: American Life |url=https://www.avclub.com/madonna-american-life-1798198475 |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-14 |title=LAUNCH, Music on Yahoo - Madonna - 'American Life' |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/29133.html |access-date=2025-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040214163946/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/29133.html |archive-date=14 February 2004 }}</ref> In a 2021 [[Yahoo!]] survey consisting of 2200 experts and superfans, ''Die Another Day'' was ranked as the third-worst installment after ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' and ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]''. The authors of the study did, however, specify that "every Bond film...is always someone's favourite".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/biggest-007-fans-choose-best-james-bond-movie-104936385.html|title=The best James Bond movies according to the experts and its biggest fans|work=Yahoo!|first=Mark|last=O'Connell|date=5 February 2021|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805034818/https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/biggest-007-fans-choose-best-james-bond-movie-104936385.html|url-status=live}}</ref>