SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Dalbert Pringle Back in the mid-1960's, before one of rock's most awesome singers, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, stepped into the limelight (along with his talented comrades) and conquered the world of rock'n'roll - It was singer Jim Morrison of The Doors who ruled (in my opinion) as the reigning King of the Vocal Chords.Right from the start, director Oliver Stone's evocative film, The Doors, makes no excuses for not being a panoramic view of the entire band as a whole. This film's obviously myopic focus is on that of Jim Morrison who is presented to the viewer as though he were both a separate entity and as the entire embodiment of the band, The Doors, itself - All in one whirlwind of a package.The movie "The Doors" contains some of the most exceptionally exhilarating live concert-footage that I've ever seen recorded on film. And, as an added bonus - It would be a literal understatement to say that Val Kilmer, as Jim Morrison, puts in a truly remarkable performance.The only real flaw to mar this otherwise finely-executed film was the despicable performance of Meg Ryan who played Morrison's hippie-dippie girlfriend, Pamela Courson. Ryan really stank, big-time.

SnoopyStyle It's 1965 L.A. Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer), UCLA film student, meets Pam Courson (Meg Ryan). He quits school and forms The Doors with Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan), John Densmore (Kevin Dillon), and Robby Krieger (Frank Whaley). They become one of the foremost counter culture rock banks of the era. The band drifts apart as Jim travels a different path with witchy journalist Patricia Kennealy (Kathleen Quinlan). In 1970, he faces charges for exposing himself during a Miami concert. He's living with Pam when he dies in Paris at age 27 in 1971.Director Oliver Stone delivers a solid biopic with his cinematic style to depict the drugged out hippie time and the chaotic nature of the band. Val Kilmer delivers his most impressive performance of his career. The movie could probably add some drama but I'm not sure how exactly. The world is burning down and he's a part of the chaos. His end is predictable for fans and newcomers alike. There may be a dramatic story in there somewhere.

Rainey Dawn This movie is not perfect - there are a small handful of things added to the film to make a fun "rock music film". There are however quite a number of things that really did happen that are added to the film - most of the things in the movie really happened (as I mentioned just a small handful of things that didn't happen in reality).As far as the casting goes I think everyone was great. This is the film that got my attention towards Val Kilmer - I never really paid much attention to him as an actor before I watched this film for the first time a few years ago. Kilmer really did a great job at portraying Morrison. He did his best and pulled it off well in my book.I don't view this movie as "the gospel" of The Doors band but I enjoy the film as simply a fun rock movie film with some true to real life events. If you want to see a great documentary on The Doors then I recommend "When You're Strange".9/10

ReturnedVideotapes Oliver Stone's The Doors is a mixed bag for me. The life of Jim Morrison is a complicated one and it would be very hard transferring it to film. Stone gets many things right and also gets things wrong. First I have to talk about Kilmer's great portrayal of Morrison. They really tried to make him look as close as possible to Jim Morrison and they did a great job. Kilmer's singing was also very impressive and he managed to sound very close to Morrison. This biopic takes place in a six year period from the Band's beginnings and successes to Morrison's death in Paris during the summer of 1971. While many parts of the film did actually happen a lot of it did not as there are many historical inaccuracies throughout. It seems like that is many people's main issue with this movie, it got the portrayal of Morrison wrong. In the movie, he is shown always having a bottle in his hand while in reality and according to Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robby Krieger this was simply not true. Many other inaccuracies are peppered throughout the film so make sure to take what you see with a grain of salt. Where this movie really shines though, is the music! All of the Doors' classics are here such as L.A. Woman, Light my Fire, The End, Moonlight Drive, and many others. The other interesting thing about this biopic is the setting of 1960 in which the movie shows the counterculture of America and the affect the Vietnam War had on people. So, while Stone's The Doors doesn't really tell the truth about the band I think it does a damn good job at telling a story. I don't really think I could give this movie a rating because I wouldn't even know if a number could justify this movie. (I'm not saying the movie is great just hard to give a score to.) But I highly recommend you to watch it.