As good a Doors movie as we will ever see

Rating: 8/10 (5 September 2018)

This film has been hit with a lot of criticism over the years. I guess that with a group as controversial and beloved as the Doors, there are always going to be points of disagreement. And there were things that rubbed me the wrong way too, like casting pleasant Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson, who in some accounts was no sweetheart. And the Morrison death scene too, which most likely came from a heroin overdose - but there is no sign of that in the film. (I'm no Doors expert btw, but I have read a few things here and there.) But for my money, this is as powerful and exciting a dramatized version of their story as we are ever going to see. The cinematography and production are first rate, and Kilmer is very convincing as Morrison.