AUDIENCE RESEARCH 2

I have made another audience research into an opening sequence. I issued a questionnaire to 3 people who have recently watched James Bond: Casino Royale and the questions are regarding the opening sequence of the film and asking what they thought about it's relevance to the thriller genre.

Here is the outline of the interview:


Did you think it was a good film?


1) Yeah, it was a great film. I loved the action scenes and the whole story. It was so 'James Bond' if you know what I mean; the sophisticatedness, the classyness, the suspense, the action, the romance. They did everything right except one thing in my opinion. Ironically; James Bond himself. I don't think the actor portrayed they entire concept and legacy of James Bond well enough. But other than that, its good.

2) It was good but not the best film and definitely not the best James Bond film. As he said, there was a legacy that they had to pull off if they were gonna introduce a new actor and I think they didn't quite cut it to be honest. But I'm not saying that it was bad, I enjoyed the movie, but not an amazing one.

3) It wasn't that good of a film. In the end it was just mindless action that kind of got in the way of the story, not to mention that there was no believability in the film and that's what ruined it for me. I couldn't get to grips with the story because it was so uncanny, and I'm aware that every James Bond film is pretty much filled with action and cars and some more ridiculous stuff, but it was the way they told the story what made it conceivable. But hey, thats my opinion.


Did you think it was a good thriller?


1) Yeah, it was a damn good thriller in comparison with other thrillers. Thrillers like Seven or Body Of Lies are great because it was a lot of suspense and action and mystery and I believe Casino Royale truly achieved those aspects.

2) Basing my knowledge on other thrillers like Salt and The Bourne series, it was a pretty good. It had action, it had sexyness, it had drama, it had tension. It had all those things to keep that the viewer on the edge of their seats and I loved it. In terms of how Casino Royale did in reaching the goals that makes it a thriller, it did good and I proper enjoyed it.

3) Casino Royale did great in sustaining the conventions of a thriller but it missed out, in what I believe, a golden rule in what makes a thriller interesting - Believability. I'm sorry that I keep on banging on about this but thats what makes the thrill in thrillers, the fact that it could very well happen to you! Thrillers like Inception sure does seem to be out there but they had the explanations and science which makes it somewhat conceivable.


What do you think of the opening sequence?


1) Oh wow that was such an amazing opening sequence. Such mystery, such tension. That truly put me on the edge of my seat there. That was such a good chase scene that followed after that tracking segment of the scene. And man, that was a  great way to introduce the James Bond. Brilliant.

2) That was a great way to open a film, the amount of action that was cramped in that one sequence was awesome.

3) Two people running by a construction site making their way to a top of a crane and ending up destroying the place and making a series of explosions was ridiculous. So much so, I sorta laughed. And theres my point on conceivability. But really though, I loved watching it. But I felt detached rather than being indulged and thats why it should be believable.