Yeah, the Connery/Moore Bonds were very suave and there was always that need to suspend disbelief just a bit in order for them to carry out that Bond magic. Craig is more like Jason Bourne playing Bond, and although I really enjoyed the classic Bond films, I find I prefer the more badass style that Craig brings to the table. The older Bond films always had those "blue skies" endings where everyone could feel good about it when they left the theaters. I enjoyed that sort of thing as a kid, but as an adult I like it better when some films have the balls to avoid the blue skies endings. I like when the stakes are higher and the price the characters pay is greater. It's more realistic, and I think that's why I like DC as Bond.
The spy game is a deadly game. It's not all fun and games, and I feel the current Bond films reflect that better than some of the goofy story arcs that you had with Brosnan. In real life it's a life or death proposition to participate in espionage, and I like that that is more accurately represented now than it was before.