you have it about right..
Bourne set the bar at a new level... though you could argue the arc came via the vastly underrated RONIN, which was a homage mash up itself.
the suspending disbelief issue failed in bond movies when they became too comedy orientated... you could kid yourself about the volcano base and gadget stuff but if the film makers didn't take it seriously anymore why should we? the invisible car jumped the shark...
Bourne started to fail in the third outing as Bournes skill set was becoming increasingly ridiculous... do they really teach motorbike trial skills at Langley to MK ultra super spys?... along with free running (which copied the Bond reboot to be fair)
the first outing of Bourne was good because the action progressed us through the narrative rather than the plot just a device to steer us into set piece action pieces.. the exception being the Ronin lite car chase with the italian job mini copper.
the first fight scene didn't relie on fast cutting and its utcome displayed the differences in character between Bourne and the girl (why why why did they kill her off!).. their first kiss is a classic piece of cinema.
the bond franchise needs to re-introduce us to the character bond traits... the sophistication etc... even the austin power quiffs after killing someone... but in a re-invented way.
I didn't get the opera house shot out at all.. sub mtv BS trying to do a luc besson or somefink
continually dreaming up new ways of doing action and trumping the other rival efforts is an ask...
underplay the extravaganza and do it more "real" so minor displays of bravado under pressure appear genuinely cool... which is how they really are.
neil armstrong going to manual while the landing radar crashed the computer on the eagle as it headed into a boulder field.
thats pulling the fat out of the fire...
how to make this exciting in cinema terms is not impossible, BoB displayed being cool while the world collapses around your ears was quite convincing (though not necessarily realistic)
that combination of action combined with suspension of disbelief is what makes a action film cutting edge IMO.
I quite liked some of the new bond stuff... specter is super secret diffuse network/old boys club rather than some centralized cartoon show shacked up in a volcano base..
they can do a lot with that.