Camille

Lucky pick from Netflix because I had no idea Sienna Miller and James Franco, two of my faves, were in this! Not to say that made this a great film, but it helped enormously to look at two beautiful people for a little over an hour. David Carradine was in this as a side show cowboy with food color dyed horses, namely a blue one, Maggie, who gets a lot of screen time. I can see what the director was trying to do... but it missed the edgy mark. It was funny to see Sienna as Camille because the character was a chatty, sweet and innocent girl. The story was realistic in the sense that a beautiful innocent woman fell for a convict, played by James Franco because she found him so handsome. Don't we women fall for handsome over all else initially? This is a love story and I forgot that a few times, but surprisingly, there were a couple scenes where my heart strings were taught, VERY UNEXPECTEDLY because I was distracted by the bad country music and utterly corny scenes! It was nice to see Sienna more natural and not so made up, where her appearance would intermittantly change from ordinary to beautiful depending on the camera angle. James Franco, the same... I wonder why in real life these two never got together, they seem to be a good fit. Franco is sort of off the beaten path and broody, and Sienna seems to go for that. This story had a fairy tale element, and while it wasn't terrible, it wasn't super great. I have mixed feelings, but the ending is good, and it did have it's sweet moments.

I give it a 4 out of 10 (due to the 2 leads, and the surprising elements, just give it a little time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlX5ZlXCQjA