the book and the film are one.

Rating: Null/10 (16 May 2000)

If you read the book ,and you liked it- then there is absolutely NO reason why you wouldn't enjoy the film. Of course certain story beats have been altered for time and commercialism, but I wish they hadn't, the film may already be long enough, but I wish the film could have been copied scene for scene from the book.
I had just finished the book a few hours before I watched the movie, and to see the actors perform what I just read was amazing. Darabont and the actors did the book just I had it in my head.
The 3hrs passed by so quick, maybe for others things could be slow, but I myself didn't feel that way. People brag about how books are better than films, but while a book can bring you to tears, it won't have the power of film, and when a book is adapted as well as THE GREEN MILE, then you can consider the film and the book to be one.