Stone infects The Doors...

Rating: 1/10 (4 March 2009)

Oliver Stone's Vietnam War movies are supposed to be authentic - 'cos he was like, THERE, man.
And yet his biopic of The Doors portrays the incident where Ed Sullivan's minions ask Jim Morrison to change the word "higher" during his live performance of "Light My Fire", due to its drug connotations.
Jim agrees, but of course fails to do so. All true.
However, in Stone's film, Morrison looks rebelliously, nay PETULANTLY (Jim was NEVER petulant) into camera and SHOUTS the offending word. Very dramatic.
Except that I happen to HAVE the original Ed Sullivan Show performance on VT - and Jim sings the word with NO special emphasis whatsoever.
Which begs the question that if Olly couldn't stick to the (well known) facts with a biopic, what price the credibility of his Vietnam War movies?