You must not be a big fan to miss a movie.
I think Judi Dench is a terrific M, but I just haven’t liked the recent movies (last 10 years, 15 years?) very much. The last one I really liked had that whatisname, before Pierce Brosnan, and a skinny blonde girl who played the cello, with scenes in Afghanistan. And I liked “Goldeneye” okay, but just okay.
I’m willing to agree that some of the latest half-dozen movies are “better” than older ones, but they’ve changed in ways that make it not-fun for me. I’d rather watch “Live and Let Die” again :-).