Sorry you don't get Bond movies & obviously you can like what you like. Just to remind you in Die Another Day (with Hallie Berry...mmmmmm) JB was in a North Korean cell being tortured and stung by Scorpions...I think that qualifies as more than a little bit of pain. I am something of an amateur writer (trying to go pro) and I pay attention to the constructs of story telling (whether written or played out in a movie). Bond movies (over the years) guaranteed their fans the same formula & that's why people love them. To complain that he ALWAYS gets the girl or ALWAYS get out of the trap is to deny the formula. I for one don't want to see a Bond that fails with women or against the bad guy...that's not Bond.