A great movie but the truth is twisted

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2000)

This is one of my favourite movies, although the view of Jim Morrison is very one sided, particularly in the second half of the film. It just portrays Jim as a alcoholic, drug addict maniac. This was one side of him, but he was also a brilliant poet and songwriter and actually a very polite person while sober. I don't know why Oliver Stone had to twist things round so much, because the story would still be very interesting if it was just told straight. Anyhow, Val Kilmer's performance is great although I decided he obviously isn't much of a singer after seeing this. Still, it's an excellent film.