not exactly the Doors, and not exactly Jim either

Rating: Null/10 (10 July 2004)

I watched this film before I knew anything about the Doors. After reading various books about the Doors including "Light My Fire" by Ray Manzarek, I felt differently about this movie. Oliver (for some odd reason) decided to put the main focus on Jimbo (Jim when he's not his sober self), and made him out to be a total p***k. Even the way that Ray, John & Robby were portrayed painted them in a bad light. There were also important (and not so) events that were altered. What for? I know that due to legal reasons there were some things that could not be put on screen exactly, but Oliver messed up this story BIG TIME.
Alternate title should be "Oliver Stone's JIMBO"
(Another thing that has always annoyed me is that whenever I hear/see someone's comments about the Doors, it's mostly about Jim. Even when I see pictures the Doors, they're of Jim with "The Doors" logo. HELLO, there were 4 people in the group who were all very talented!)