James Bond: Casino Royale trailer

One of the posters for the movie

James Bond: Casino Royale was the 21st film in the James Bond saga but the first to include Daniel Craig in his new role as the smooth talking MI6 agent. It involves Bond, at the beginning of his career, having to play in a high stakes poker game to try bankrupt bad guy Le Chiffre, banker to the worlds most dangerous terrorists, and force him into giving up information to MI6 in return for help to go into hiding. It was supposed to be a re-imagining of the James Bonds series, so it is technically a different Bond in a different timeline, not the same as the original Bonds.

In the trailer, there is a serious lack of feminist views. Asides from 'M' and Vespa, there are no other women, and the two mentioned don't really say much. This shows the targert audience for this clip and also that the men are more dominant in the film. The last point is further supported by the fact that it is only men that play the poker game, and they are all rich and powerful- Their women just hold their arm or watch from afar.

However, not all female portrayal in this trailer is negative. The character of 'M' is portrayed positively from a feminists point of view. She has risen to the top of MI6 and is now the leader, being superior to even the rough, tough James Bond. This contradicts stereotypes in thriller films, as the women nearly always are rather innocent and need Bond to protect them, but 'M' can take care of herself, even though she is older than other characters. However, the charcater of Vespa portays women in  negative way anyway, as she doesn't retain her power throughout the whole film, and seeingly loses it after she decides to do what most girls would in the Bond universe and follow Bond. However, Vespa does seem to be more sympathetic than other characters, asking Bond about "killing people" and what its like. Overall though, it seems as though the women in this film are used solely to satisfy the males (mainly Bond's), as they can break the males emotional wall.

Finally, a Marxist view shows that Le Chiffre is in some ways better than his terorist associates, but they still have more power. This is because the terrorists need Le Chiffre to keep a look on their finances and they return the favour by doing terrorist activities to help his shares in companies rise. However, the power shifts when Le Chiffre loses the poker game to Bond. Almost instantly the terrorist organisations turn on him and he is shortly thereafter killed (if you've seen the film you'll know).

That's this trailer analysis done. Next one is Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper of Hangover fame. Like last time, the link to the trailer is below, so you can watch it if you haven't yet. Again, let me know if you find anything you want to add.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4T551JuZkA