It's almost always a certainty that if you read a book and really enjoy it, the film version of it will not meet your expectation. A film cannot get across the thoughts of its characters, whereas they are simply written in a book. .

             I have been disappointed over and over again by films of books. One such case recently was that of Thomas Harris's Hannibal. I left the cinema feeling really chatted. They had taken a superb novel and killed it. .

             I am a big Stephen King fan, and found that The Green Mile was compulsive reading. It was originally launched as 6 short stories and later published together in novel format. It was the letter that I bought and fell in love with. .

             When I heard that a film was being made, I decided not to go and see it. I didn't see how any film version could live up to my expectation. However, my boyfriend and a few of our friends were going to see it, so I got roped in. .

             They say that for every rule, their must be an exception. For me, the exception to my rule has turned out to be The Green Mile. .

             Directed by Frank Darabont (who incidentally also directed King's The Shawshank Redemption), and starring Tom Hanks as prison Guard Paul Edgecombe and Michael Clarke Duncan as the gigantic death row inmate John Coffey. .

             They story is based around the memories of Paul Edgecombe, chief screw on death row - or as it's known because of the floor coloring, The Green Mile - at a 1930s deep south prison. .

             We are taken on a journey through Paul"s working and private lives. .

             He works on the mile with, amongst others, Brutus & Harry who are friends as well as colleagues, and Percy Wetmore, the nephew of the state governor and a spoiled brat who is working on death row purely to witness an execution. .

             Tom Hanks plays the part of Paul exactly as I'd imagined him in my mind's eye. The acting is of a great standard. .