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The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Thought Christmas only comes once a year

That final line in The World Is Not Enough might just be the most forehead-slapping attempt at a closing quip in the entire Bond canon.  I still remember the theater erupting in laughter when I first saw it, which is proof that it landed exactly as intended in 1999.  But looking back, the humor hasn’t exactly aged like a fine martini.  Not because it’s offensive by today’s standards, but because it’s, well, a bit juvenile.  The innuendo-laced one-liners (like the infamous “cunning linguist” zinger from GoldenEye) feel less suave secret agent and more middle-school locker room.  It’s one of those lines where it seems like the writers try too hard and lean to far into a joke, and bring on the cringe.