shot in the dark

Rating: Null/10 (17 March 2003)

My sister said this movie portrayed the 60's as too depressing. It's not really about the 60's it's about Jim's testing of the boundaries. I wasn't a fan of the Doors because they were dealing with the dark side and Rock and Roll was still producing some great music. When the 60's ended the Grateful Dead exploded like a supernova and carried enough fun to get people through the strange 70's. But when that southern liberal phony Jimmy Carter (JC) was roundly beat by the Republicans dark side boss Ronald Reagan the Doors music came back with "Absolutely Live" results. They were originally going to cast John Travolta as Jim. It's a good thing they didn't even though it may have been funny to see him go from Saturday Night Fever to Sunday morning resurrection.