The best Stephen King's movie adaptation

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2001)

I'm a big fan of Stephen King, and had no idea at all that his installment novel, "The Green Mile", would be made into a movie when I chose the book as the subject of my thesis for university graduation.
I like the story a lot. But I'm always being skeptical to every movie who's adapted from a novel. So, I watched "The Green Mile" with great fear, and when it finally ended, I was greatly relieved as it turned out to be what I had expected. Although there are some great scenes in the novel that's been taken away in the movie (it'll be longer if they were inserted, I know), I must say this is the best movie adaptation from Stephen King's book.

Many well-known reviewers in my country think it was too long. I have asked my friends (common people) who watched it and all of them don't think so. It should be that long, for if it had been a shorter movie, I would have hated it. (Tell me, which scenes that must be cut from the movie?)
I might not be subjective about it, since I'm a great fan of Stephen King, but how many stories in the world that tell about the beauty in the death row prison, and how such pure and innocent beauty (symbolized by the mouse and John Coffey) is mixed up by the brutality and unimaginable violence (symbolized by Delacroix's execution and Wild Bill)? Frank Darabont might not the best director, but he succeeds in transforming the essence of the novel and displaying it perfectly into the big screen. I could immediately feel the sadness of John Coffey at the first time he appeared in the screen only by his expression. I could feel the pain of Delacroix's execution (the scene I fear most, in terms of not conducted properly) through his screaming. And most important thing, I could feel the magic.

The Green Mile is a great satisfaction and must be a perfect example of movie adaptation.