Just watched Green Mile. First time. Good movie.

Michael Clarke Duncan's performance was fabulous. He really went balls to the wall with this character. I can see how it was a breakout role for him.

I didn't know David Morse was in this film; I always appreciated his work and he's great in it. Just pleasantly surprised me.

The depth of personality invested in these characters was simply staggering. You feel like you really know these people by the end.

A few things hold it back from being great.

Most obviously, it's too long. The last 20 minutes were particularly superfluous and failed to grab me emotionally. We didn't need to see the execution; we know what happened. He could have walked the green mile and then we see a shot of him dead afterwards.

The opening and ending showing Paul Edgecomb as an old man didn't provide anything to the story. I'm sure it is in the book and possibly they wanted to remain faithful to that, I haven't read it. But it had zero relevance to the rest of the plot and could have been cut.

It's hard to praise the depth of the characters when the film had three hours to reach that depth; other films have done it in half that time.

There was a lot of fat in this picture, not every scene characterized or advanced the narrative. I felt a skilled editor could have cut this from a 3 to a 2 hour movie.

On advancing the narrative, I was never sure what that was. You never knew what would happen next or what the point was of what you were watching. The movie meandered all the way to the credits.

Despite the nitpicks above, it was an enjoyable movie and I would recommend it.