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Yes, that's exactly it. It works on both levels.
As BMW with missiles pointed out, 'C' was the original codename for the head of MI6, but most people wouldn't get that connection. I certainly didn't.
Bad writing.
I remember the first time I saw SP, I enjoyed the reference and saw it as a neat way of Bond keeping things old-fashioned, but I doubted that the general audience would get it. I was surprised they bothered to make the joke and I still wonder if they really believed that the average cinema goer would know about that.
My first impression, too. But when everybody else in the film started referring to the character the same way—M even!—I quickly second-guessed that assumption.
Haha, that was a bit of an odd, dampening add-on, as if Ralph Fiennes was directly admonishing the audience with, "Let's keep this PG, shall we?"
That was one of the funnier lines in the film.
The joke being that everyone in the audience is thinking of the same rude word and he comes out with 'careless'..!!!!!
Yes, that was rather amusing. It's an old humorous standby in fact. Having your audience think you are going to say one obvious word and then upending it all by saying something else entirely.
It certainly got a huge laugh at the cinema I saw it at....
When we first meet Denbigh, Bond insists that he called him by his codename as opposed to his real name, given that he was the man responsible for the distress put on MI6. This exchange is similar to the "My friends call me Dominic." "I'm sure they do." line from QoS.
The c*nt implication when M says "Now we know what C stands for" is completely deliberate, and serves as a tease for the audience prior to M saying "careless."
That's it, folks. It really isn't rocket science.
Just about to mention this Draggers. Not only did Fleming call "M" due to the Mansfield - Cummings connection, he also named "M" after his own mother, which has subtle similarities between the literary Bond and his Chief.
I felt like such a douchebag explain that to my friends after we saw Spectre for the first time. (although during the scene I did have an "a-ha!" moment)
I thought that this was really obvious at the time. Plus I thought this had already been discussed and decided on here already.
And pardon me all over for making a comment....im surprised you are part of the PC police...but you live and learn.
That would have been very obscure.