THE DOORS One of the best life adaptations of Fame

===THE DOORS: One of the best life adaptations of Fame ===
Tushar K Shukla
I saw this one outta sheer love for Morrison. Though in the first half
hour or so, i was taken aback by few forced deliverance to imitate his
aura, i was pleasantly surprised by the longevity of character that kilmer
created. and by the time the titles rolled, i strongly believed that this
is the closest you will ever get to screen adaptations of an idol, kilmer
has not played Morrison, he IS Morrison in this one, through his
convoluted hours of bliss, to his on-stage romance with the realization of
phallic power, from his hours of loneliness to his unrest with the
commoditization of music, from his profound, almost indifferent
deliverance to his childish vulnerability, kilmer scores. a great
achievement for oliver stone too, meg Ryan could have been replaced for
the better though....i also did not quite understand two things- why were
all the other doors shown so smaller against Morrison, and where was the
serene emotion seen in Morrison's eyes when he used to perform as seen in
many of his live acts? kilmer does push it a little more towards insanity
which is true but only in parts. his last days in France are not covered
well, possibly due to the controversy surrounding his demise. another good
thing about the classic is its uncompromising, unbiased portrayal of one
of the greatest ever rock and youth idols.