Die Another Day (song) For Grabs". In the meantime, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) was filming the twentieth James Bond film, "Die Another Day", directed by Lee Tamahori. The previous film in the franchise, "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) was a box office success earning US$362 million worldwide. However, the eponymous soundtrack single by alternative rock group Garbage failed to gain commercial success in the United States. The music management at MGM went to look for a high-profile artist to write and perform the title song for "Die Another Day". Madonna was their first choice, since she had been successful with soundtrack singles in the US,
Die Another Day film – a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed James Bond into the mindless "XXX" mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs." Of the action sequences, he said, ""Die Another Day" is an exercise in loud explosions and excruciatingly bad special effects. The CGI work in this movie is an order of magnitude worse than anything I have seen in a major motion picture. Coupled with lousy production design, "Die Another Day" looks like it was done on the cheap. Gary Brown of the "Houston Community Newspapers"