A Little Disappointing (just a little!)

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2009)

I rated this movie a 6 mainly because not only is this based on a Stephen King novel, but it is also IMDb's No.1 rated movie! I had very high expectations and presented this movie to watch with friends during our "movie night". I have to be honest, my high expectations did lead to a slight disappointment.
I feel the movie was quite slow paced, it is about 2 and a quarter hours long and I felt a few parts could have been cut. The acting was definitely excellent, Morgan Freeman delivers his best all the time and the storyline and plot were very clear. One main thing though is that I don't understand how almost everyone is rating this a 10/10 when I feel there are many more movies probably more deserving? Could be classified as a good movie, a really good movie but certainly not a great movie.