An entertaining and inaccurate look at The Lizard King.

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2003)

First of all I have to say that I quite liked this movie. It was entertaining(mildly) and great for an evening spent with friends. I'ts ROCK AND ROLL.
Now-for anybody wanting to get behind Morrison the myth and know Morrison the man-this is not the movie for you.
This movie doesn't get much past the drugs, groupies etc etc. Shock value-yes. Excess-yes. And as I stated it IS entertaining.
But it doesn't tell you anything. This movie is not a 10 and it so could have been. I have no problem with Kilmer's acting. He really creeped me out with the physical transofrmation as well as doing his own singing(quite erie actually). All the other roles were well cast too with the possible exception of Pamela(Meg Ryan??) Sorry Oliver that was off, she's to preppy and girly girly to play a sixtie's rock star and poet's girlfriend. That said-good acting doesn't mean a thing if the movie in general(the script) doesn't cut it. Jim Morrison was one of the most influential poet and song writers in the world and I for one would have liked to see that sweet, mystical part of him, that part of him that captured hundreds of thousands of people worldwide expanded on.
There is not another movie that does it but anyone wanting to get a sense of Jim would be strongly advised to read "strange days" a book about Jim written by his wife Patricia Keneely(did I spell it right??).
There was a review posted on here that said the patricia character didn't exist. She actually did exist and was the only woman Jim ever wed. That's just one thing among many many others the movie barely touched on.
So that's my review-again-entertaining-yes. Holds your interest-yes. good acting(for the most part)-yes.
Deep, analytical or getting inside the incredible person that was Jim Morrison-no way baby!