Not really, no. It was pretty weak sauce aside from the skiing intro. I found both Dalton outings pretty silly, though one of us gave us an early appearance by

Not really, no. It was pretty weak sauce aside from the skiing intro. I found both Dalton outings pretty silly, though one of us gave us an early appearance by Benicio Del Toro. Dalton deserved better, as did Brosnan modulo _Goldeneye_, which is for me a top-5 entry. I disagree on your conclusion re: "decent original Bond" between '77 and '97, but I'd argue that the success of _Skyfall_ and _No Time To Die_ does show they got around to it.