A CLASSIC! THE KING OF ROCK MUSICALS!

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2004)

Oliver Stone's "The Doors" remains the King Kong of rock musicals! A big budgeted, bigger than life depiction of the legendary rock band, it also captures a very realistic view of the late 1960's. Val Kilmer gives his greatest performance as the late, Jim Morrison, giving such an increadible performance, at times you forget it really isn't Jim. He certainly should have been nominated for an Oscar. Sadly, Val Kilmer has never been able to give a performance as great as this one, with his career recently sliding into limited release feature films that haven't given him a box office hit in many years. The entire cast here is great, although Meg Ryan's cheeky, giggly persona didn't do the character of Pamela proper justice. Meg is cute, but never has really been a deep artistic actress. I think she was mis-casted in this role. The concert sequences are nothing short of amazing, and the visual effects used throughout the film are breath taking. This movie takes you on a non-stop roller coaster ride trip back in time. And will remain a cult classic. This movie is heavy sex, drugs, and rock and roll, no holds barred. It truly is "The celebration of the lizard"!!!