As usual, Elspode describes it with eloquence and accuracy unparalleled.
I think the new "cleans up well" but grittier Bond, plays well in a post 9-11 reality where the threats to the empire are not always sophisticated.
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Indeed, most of the considerable expansion of Bond's personal characteristics and backstory have come out as a result of interactions with Dench's M, who displays a borderline maternal attachment to him.
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My take on the attachment is that M is the former Miss Moneypenny, and when the former M retired, Moneypenny was promoted to fill his shoes. Logical because she was a senior navel officer, had the very top security clearance, was the former M's right hand woman, and knew more than anyone how MI6 worked.
Of course Miss Moneypenny had a crush on Bond, although I don't think Bond scored. But the sexual tension was so obvious I'm sure she thought of Bond when she was alone with her tea and purple Jack Rabbit.