I didn't think the grounded take on Bond was all that bad. They could have done better than having Q be a soy-infused homosexual, maybe even casting John Cleese to bring the "R" bit from The World is Not Enough full circle, but I though the rest of the casting was good. The story wasn't too bad either, at least until No Time to Die. That movie felt like a deliberate "fuck you" to Bond fans.
Once they took away his cool toys, he stopped being James Bond, anyway.
I didn't think the grounded take on Bond was all that bad. They could have done better than having Q be a soy-infused homosexual, maybe even casting John Cleese to bring the "R" bit from The World is Not Enough full circle, but I though the rest of the casting was good. The story wasn't too bad either, at least until No Time to Die. That movie felt like a deliberate "fuck you" to Bond fans.