Another Bond film, will he ever retire?

Rating: 7/10 (3 December 2012)

The latest edition to the James Bond franchise sometimes makes me wonder how old James Bond is to the rest of the world, and whether he is aging slower than the real world. Considering that he is a commander in the Royal Navy, it seems that he had been in the military prior to joining Her Majesty's Secret Service (though now they are beginning to refer to it as MI6). However I seem to remember from Casino Royal that there was a suggestion that James Bond was simply a name that certain agents earned when the previous agent retired, however in Skyfall there is a suggestion that Bond is the same Bond through all the movies.
It seems that after about 24 movies and fifty years we wonder if the James Bond franchise will ever die, and I suspect not. Despite some rather dull and boring entries in the nineties James Bond still manages to draw the crowds, and despite people shaking their heads at some of the movies, studios still seem to want to produce them. In a way James Bond, and the franchise, is likely to continue to go on and pretty much leave many other movie sequels lying in their dust. Star Wars only managed six movies (though it seems that Disney wants to turn it into a franchise) and even some of the bad eighties movies (such as Nightmare on Elm Street and Police Academy among many other movies in the similar vein) only manage to produce around six to eight movies.
In a way Bond is growing old, but even though he is growing old, and tired, he still seems to be able to pack a punch and save the day. I guess this is one of those themes that flows through this Bond movie, and that is the question of whether he is tired and whether it is time of him to retire, though we know that will not be the case because before the credits close, the barrel of the gun drops onto the screen, and we are told that Bond will return, but not when, were, or the name of the movie. Mind you, after watching this one, it gives me the desire to then go and watch the other twenty three (this time in order, if that is possible) because I feel that I should at least try to write a commentary on each of them, considering that I, myself, enjoyed these movies to no end.