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>> Brosnan was still doing Remington Steele) made him the Bond you just wanted to slap for being a jackass. I complained he was making Bond too silly (the scene of him adjusting his necktie underwater during a boat chase when it momentarily went upside down), and with the next casting, they needed to go with a more serious-minded actor. I have to admit to not seeing those films you cited from Owenâ€™s oeuvre, however your complaints about Owenâ€™s acting skills remain my virtually identical criticisms of Craig. Itâ€™s almost like the producers took my complaints about Brosnan and went in the complete opposite direction, a soulless, bored, bitterly cold blonde thug. No charm, no humanity, just a person distantly staring off into space. A thoroughly miserable soul. <<

Agree 100%. I was not happy with Brosnan or Craig as Bond, for OPPOSITE reasons.

Brosnan's Bond was never believable as a real secret agent and his casting was TOO "Hollywood" as the PERFECT unflappable ladies man with chiseled good looks. Brosnan's Bond was always so smug and in-control you wanted to smack him.

The Craig films went 100% in the opposite direction. Suddenly Bond is 100% believable as a ruthless government agent who won't hesitate to kill you in cold blood, but who utterly lacks ANY sort of wit, charm, or grace that are key to the character. A wooden stump would be more compelling in the title role.

Hollywood similarly went 180o degrees with the Batman franchise. We went from George Clooney playing George Clooney in a rubber suit and lacking any sort of gravitas in the role of a borderline psycho who dresses up in a mask to take out criminals... to Christian Bale overacting in the EXTREME to portray Batman as a enraged, growling, out of control manic who spits all his lines out in a throat cancer voice.

Batman Begins and Casino Royale began the "reboot" craze a decade ago and now Hollywood has gotten to the point of needlessly "rebooting" franchises every 3 films, whether they need it or not. It would be a fitting irony if the craptastic "Fan4astic" remake and Specter kill off Hollywood's reboot fetish.