INTERESTING MOVIE WITH EMOTIONAL IMPACT.
VAL KILMER'S ROLE IS PLAYED WITH GENUINE AUTHENTICITY. THE OVERALL IMPRESSION LEFT ON MY MIND: HOW FINE TALENT MIXED WITH UNINHIBITED IMPULSES, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL CAN LEAD TO UNSEEMLY TWISTS IN LIFE AND UNTIMELY TURNS OF FORTUNE. IN THE CASE OF JIM MORRISON AND THE DOORS, SOMETHING LIKE A SHOOTING STAR SUDDENLY FELL FROM GOLDEN ORBIT. A BIG MISFORTUNE FOR POP MUSIC HISTORY.
BUT ALMOST ALL THE SCENES ARE EXCITINGLY PRESENTED, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES ALONG WITH SOME OF THE GROUPS' ESSENTIAL GENIUS ARE CAPTURED. THE MOVIE IS OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT AS A SEQUENTIAL ARRANGEMENT OF MEMORABLE MUSIC AND EVENTS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SAID THAT SOME OF THE DIRECTOR'S WORK TAKES UNDUE LICENSE WITH ACTUAL FACTS FROM MORRISON'S LIFE.
FAV SCENE--MORRISON AND PATRICIA TOGETHER AS RAIN PUMMELS THE BLUE WINDOW PANES. THE SONG 'END OF THE NIGHT ' OPENS THE SCENE.
LEAST FAV SCENES--THE LAST OR NEAR LAST DOORS CONCERT SHOWN; THE DRUNKEN/DOPED -OUT VOCALS AND STAGE PACING ARE LESS THAN ENJOYABLE EVEN WHEN WATCHED AT NO COST IN THE COMFORTS OF HOME. NOT MORRISON AT HIS BEST. BUT SOME OF MORRISON'S ONSTAGE ANTICS DO ENTERTAIN. THE MOVIE SHOWS MORRISON TO HAVE BEEN A GENUINE POET AS WELL AS A PERFORMER. PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST PORTION OF HIS UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION-ALONG WITH HIS VOCAL TONE- AND ELEVATES THE DOORS' WORK BEYOND THE ORDINARY LIMITS OF ROCK GROUPS. HIS POETIC SENSIBILITIES AND RESTLESS EXPRESSIVE URGES WERE A MAJOR CATALYST FOR THE MUSICAL DIVERSITY OF THE DOORS.
ALL THE ACTING IS GOOD AND THE MOVIE HAS DEFINITE IMPACT. THAT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IS DUE IN PART TO AN EXCELLENT AND WELL-PLOTTED SOUNDTRACK COMPOSED OF DOORS MUSIC. A MEMORABLE MOVIE.