Please don't spend money on this.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Being a huge Doors fan for as long as I can remember I put off seeing this film for a very long time. After finally caving in I watched this film with low expectations of watching an inaccurate portrayal of The Doors performed poorly by highly paid actors and actresses. I still feel I was king of correct. However the performance from Val Kilmer saves this film being a complete write off for me.From spending years listening to The Doors, watching interviews and just generally studying everything about The Doors from many different sources. I conclude this film is in fact quite inaccurate in terms of the behaviour and some events portrayed. Although I can understand the truth may need to be stretched in some cases in order to entertain the film goer. Annoyingly this infuriates Doors fans it still seems to get across the general feel of The Doors and creates the overall impression of what I think they actually were like and I was very intrigued by this film for many reasons.Whilst I harshly disagree with the portrayal of The Doors I still think that the films many great aspects were not from the narrative itself. The cinematography in particular caught my eye, loads of sloppy hand held shots and shaky moments particularly during Jim's drunk and high scenes. I believe this was a great attempt in showing the lack of care and general out of the ordinary presence of Jim giving the viewer that intoxicated sense Jim was shown in. The cave scene where Jim dropped acid I believe correctly gave the audience the true sighting of Jim Morrison through the use of his freedom and just open mindedness to every little thing showing the true side of his unbelievably intelligent creative mind. The shots is this scene were almost perfect just showing madness and just a different world through Jim's eyes. On the other hand I believe if Jim was to make a film about himself the visual aspects would play a much bigger role for example really concentrating on the psychedelic high he would always like to be influenced by, I imagine an early Terence Mallick film just solely showing incredible shots of astonishing landscapes or beautifully colourful establishing shots, truly capturing the vision Jim tries to put through his poetry using the clear imagery.Another huge bonus for this film was the performance of Val Kilmer. Spending years picking up small personality traits Jim Morrison possess through interviews and videos of him, I believed no actor would be able to put these in place or even look like Jim does. Val Kilmer managed to play a staggeringly convincing role that clearly shows the hard work he may have put in to achieve this. Previously seeing Val Kilmer in other films I thought there's not a chance he could look like Jim, amazingly I was wrong the appearance in face, hair and clothing was spot on, now his personal traits. Val clearly spent time studying Jim the sense of being careless and having total freedom with no consequences was clearly shown through Vals attempt also the singing was a fantastic effort, although was noticeably different on a few occasions I believe Stones use of Jim's voice for long shots and Vals voice for close ups can make you genuinely question who is singing in some parts. The performance really does play a huge part in making this film as interesting as it is.Withal I feel this film was inaccurate in certain aspects of The Doors' career, which is of course aggravating being a huge Doors fan. This film still intrigued me in the fact it gave off a strong sense of The Doors and clearly shows the creativity they possess which is important to just open the eyes to everyone that hasn't heard of The Doors. Overall was quite pleased with this film I understand it is always going to be a difficult film to create. Learn to forget.

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.

Oliver Stone's homage to one James Douglas Morrison is one of the most brutally nostalgic, emotionally moving, and savagely honest films about a Rock stars fall from grace that I have ever seen.The film itself is two hours plus, and chronicles The Doors rise to fame and fortune on the back of Morrison's charisma, sexuality, darkness, and poetic lyrics. Fundamentally, the movie's seeds are in what happens to Morrison after the Doors become famous, and focuses primarily on Morrison's complex personality, fueled by fame and fortune, alcohol and drugs, and a young man embedded in the 60's social and political upheaval in the United States.I first viewed this Oliver Stone film after the movie's release circa 1991 - 1993. From the opening of the film, I was enchanted, the recording studio, where Morrison was recording his poetry on his birthday, to the mysterious and dark song, "Riders on the Storm" accompanying the first film sequences of the movie were just wonderful.The film is beautifully shot in CinemaScope with state of the art technology of the time (1990's), the color, textures, and cinematography are magnificent, The soundtrack is impeccable, acting superb, and the screenplay is a condensed masterpiece.Val Kilmer plays the role of Jim Morrison in what is his finest performance as an actor, and captures so beautifully, Morrison's complexity, his charm and charisma, his darkness and intelligence, and also Morrison's anxieties. Kilmer deserved the best actor gong for his portrayal of the troubled rock star. The sad pathos of the film and the introduction of "Death" as a character in the movie, as what Bergman did in "The Seventh Seal", was a stroke of master genius on Oliver Stones part. The whole film took on an almost premonition type of dark journey to his death, in which the protagonist already knew his fate, and was wallowing in this realm for only a short amount of time, brilliant.There are some inaccuracies in the film, although 90% of the movie is based on actual events and real people, and is pretty much in chronological order, Stone has taken license in one or two scenes in order to convey a concept, give context to, or to highlight a particular incident. Morrison was and will always be an enigma, and rightly or wrongly the doors will unfortunately always be subservient to the Jim Morrison myth, the film highlights this in utterly uncompromising terms, which may dismay some fans of the doors, however, this was the reality, as was evidenced in the last two albums without Morrison. They didn't sell, and the remaining doors had lost their appeal without their endearing front man.Morrison was a man in pain, he seemed to have an ongoing psycho- drama with his parents and could not reconcile his differences with them, and this could have led up to what triggered his substance abuse, however we can only speculate about this. I highly recommend seeing this film whether you are a doors fan or not, because it is a brilliant interpretation of a tragic poet, his quest for immortality, his reflection of a society, and the way he perceived it, his magnificent philosophical insight, and his ultimate sacrifice for his art.Glenn Cuthbertson

I really enjoyed this movie. It was compelling and entertaining and exciting. I wouldn't say this movie was inaccurate like some people are saying I would say it left some pretty important parts out of Jims life. They focused on the wild side of Jim probably because it is the most entertaining and most unique. I would of liked to see more of his articulate side because he was a very smart guy. But overall it gives you a nice description of the doors and Jim and it kept me interested throughout the movie. You get to see the interesting band that the doors really were. I recommend not only to watch the movie but to listen to the great band the doors.