Thanx brehs.
This third one has me interested in watching the old ones now
To even go a bit deeper. I remember reading an interview with the writer of Quantum of Solace, which is underrated to me, where he stated that the first Craig trilogy was the re-introduction of SPECTRE who was Bond's original antagonist in the Ian Fleming novels. Every "Villain" since Le Chiffre in Casino Royale has been well funded and had the backing of a nameless organization. They were supposedly partially outed in Quantum of Solace.
They tried to go dark before with Dalton which is supposedly closer to the novels, but the audience wasn't ready for it. They wanted that campy Roger Moore shyt. It took the Bourne trilogy success for them to commit to the dark side again