Review of The Doors (1991) by Donald W — 26 Aug 2009
Although the movie is titled "The Doors", it's really a bio-picture about Jim Morrison. It's a good movie that captures the 1960's and early 1970's and shows the influence the Doors music had on the times.
The music is excellent since a lot of it is actual Doors' recordings. It concentrates on the reckless and self-destructive behavior of Jim Morrison and show how it resulted in his premature death.
If the real Jim Morrison behaved the way he did in the movie all the time I doubt he would have had any friends. Since it shows in the movie that he had lots of friends there must have been a side to him not shown in the movie.
Also if anyone was as stoned and drunk as much as they showed in the movie he couldn't have been as creative and successful as the real Jim Morrison. I'm sure in the last years of his life his destructive behavior did strain his relationships with others but in the beginning he couldn't have been as stoned as they showed and still been as creative as he was.
As a morality play showing the destructiveness of the sex, drugs, and rock-in-roll culture of the 1960's and 1970's it's an excellent movie, although on a certain level it glamorizes the drugs and alcohol abuse.
This review of The Doors (1991) was written by Donald W on 26 Aug 2009.
The Doors has generally received positive reviews.
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