Eager, the reason there has been a Bond resurgence is because Craig is essentially Connery reincarnated. Of course, he's not a carbon copy of Connery because he's rather humorless, rarely smiles and not too big on the womanizing. Toning down the womanizing might be a gambit to keep up with the times that's not necessarily unique to Craig because in the nineties--the height of political correctness--Dalton didn't bed a ton of women either.
As Meta put it, Craig is essentially a thug. After all the kitsch and camp of Roger Moore that spilled onto Brosnan, the only way to reinvigorate the character was to make him gritty. Plus you have to remember Craig came into the Bond role when quasi-Bond characters like Jason Bourne were the cinematic rage and Bourne was also dour, gritty and humorless too.
The thing with the Bond movies is they work with the individual strengths of the actor playing him. Connery was obviously tough but a bit rough around the edges. So he balanced the physicality along with the sauve. But Roger Moore was more smooth than tough so his movies were far more lighthearted and didn't take themselves seriously. The fact that Craig is all brute is just playing to that strength too.
As Meta put it, Craig is essentially a thug. After all the kitsch and camp of Roger Moore that spilled onto Brosnan, the only way to reinvigorate the character was to make him gritty. Plus you have to remember Craig came into the Bond role when quasi-Bond characters like Jason Bourne were the cinematic rage and Bourne was also dour, gritty and humorless too.
The thing with the Bond movies is they work with the individual strengths of the actor playing him. Connery was obviously tough but a bit rough around the edges. So he balanced the physicality along with the sauve. But Roger Moore was more smooth than tough so his movies were far more lighthearted and didn't take themselves seriously. The fact that Craig is all brute is just playing to that strength too.