I do not think anyone ever considered Bond movies as great art. They are simply action flicks.
Big difference between a lead actor having class or playing his part as a slimey character. I don’t think I consider any movie a piece of art but they are all just entertainment, all made for profit. Nothing wrong with that.
I just think to continue making 007 popular with todays younger generation they are turning him into street thug. It is more fitting to the youth of today though not to my generation which watched 007 in the 60’s from the get-go. After all, todays audiences wouldn’t begin to catch the innuendo and one liners of the old Bond, James Bond.