Ah Jags... you're missing the point... The point was to completely reboot the bond franchise and make it more modern, that's exactly what they did.
The point was to get away from the Connery, Brosnan, Moore, Dalton Bond and make him anew.
This is bond for now.
Oh, and Bond kicks Bourne's ass.
Bond's in order of greatest to worst...
Connery, Brosnan, Dalton (In The living Daylights), Craig, Moore.
I do not count "License to Kill" at all as a Bond movie... It was horrible and Dalton just couldn't do anything to fix it. Bad plot, bad script, bad everything.
No Tu, ...you're missing the point. I liked Bond the way he was. I like the suave, sexy, debonair Bond.
What woman doesn't like a cunning linguist?
I don't want to see Bond put through a meat grinder, ...I want him sexy, masterful, and oozing with charm.
And who ever heard of Bond not caring if his martini is shaken or stirred?
That was sheer blasphemy... that's what that was!!! I couldn't believe my ears!