Good entertainment for doors fans. But should not be considered a biopic.

Rating: 7/10 (9 April 2012)

First of all let me state that I am a HUGE fan of Jim Morrison and The Doors. I have read 5 biography's on Morrison himself, so when I watched this movie for the first time I compared it based off of the pre determined knowledge I gathered of Jim.
With that said, let me state that this movie though entertaining and enjoyable should not be taken seriously as a Doors/Morrison biopic. The movie generally portrays only the bad side of Jim Morrison. The drunken babbling leather clad womanizer. However, show's very little of the sensitive, caring, intelligent poetic Morrison. If one were to watch this movie not knowing who Jim Morrison was they would probably walk away with the impression that he was the biggest asshole to ever walk the face of the earth. The movie spans from a time shortly before The Doors were conceived in 1966 all the way to Jim Morrison's untimely death on July 3rd 1971.
The best things about this movie is the awesome soundtrack and Val Kilmers performance as Morrison was quite good. Kilmer himself did 90% of the singing for this movie and at times sounds quite close to Morrison's voice.
With that said though this movie seems to be mostly Oliver Stones take on who he thought Jim Morrison was, and in his mind how The Doors were conceived. Though I don't think Oliver Stone made this movie with the intention of making Morrison look bad, he kind of did in nonchalant way.
If you're like me and a fan of The Doors you'll probably either feel one of two ways about this movie...Either you will watch it and think that Oliver Stone was a total asshole to malportraying Jim Morrison and The Doors...Or you will be like me, and enjoying for being the semi fictional semi none fictional movie it is.
If you are new to Jim Morrison and The Doors...DO NOT...I repeat DO NOT take this movie as fact. Much of the movie is Hollywood fiction and there is A lot of things left out about who The Doors were and how they started one of the greatest American rock/blues groups of the 1960s.