I agree..loved Casino for exactly that reason.
Le Chifre is a good baddy foil as well, better than Waltz who I agree with you on, seems too much of a carbon-copy of what Bardem did (very much better) in Skyfall, even though I like Waltz I think his range is quite limited, his Bond bad guy is his Tarantino Nazi Jew-hunter bad guy
Look at the difference between Bardem's Coen Brother's bad guy and his Bond one and there's a big difference in the performance and feel


