The Doors

 (1991)
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The Lizard King
Oct 11, 2008
okiereviewer - yahoo.com
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... Full review
Flawed Movie
Jul 02, 2008
hockeyfan9969 - yahoo.com
As a hardcore Doors fan, i have to say that this movie even though is really great, it has alot of flaws in the script. There is alot of imbelishments in this movie just to make a true "Hollywood Movie" Val's... Full review
Talk to Manzarek
Jun 16, 2008
Rick - yahoo.com
If you know very little about the Doors you may have enjoyed this movie.If you know a lot about them you may have been disappointed because the move didn't add any new light to what happened in the Doors history,and not... Full review
Light My Fire
Jun 16, 2008
fategirl80 - yahoo.com
I bought The Doors at Wal-Mart and I liked The Doors. I never heard of The Doors until I watched the movie. I liked All of the songs in The Doors. My favorite songs from The Doors are Break on Through,... Full review
Talk to Manzarek
Jun 16, 2008
kisstheshadow - yahoo.com
If you know very little about the Doors you may have enjoyed this movie.If you know a lot about them you may have been disappointed because the move didn't add any new light to what happened in the Doors history,and not... Full review
great film
Jun 01, 2008
flowerchild617 - yahoo.com
i happen to be a doors fan and when i watched the movie, i thought ,"...awesome flick, man." i thought val kilmer did a great job as jim morrison, one of rock 'n' rolls greatest legends, next to john lennon that... Full review
Too much non-humanity
Apr 09, 2008
a_esen2000 - yahoo.com
There is nothing without music. Non-humanity, nothing about life. Dreathfully death smoke. Music? Not so bad but doesn't make any sense. Sorry.... Full review
truly a masterpiece why did u make alexander???
Nov 16, 2007
desperado2010us - yahoo.com
this movie is really enjoyable and explains what happened in that era and about the band the doors there is no comparison to other movies as this still cannot believe after a masterpiece like this the movie alexander was made it... Full review
The Doors Done Justice
Oct 30, 2007
davidraider2003 - yahoo.com
Val Kilmer is Jim Morrison in this movie. his acting takes the cake. followed by great acting from the other members of the band. Oliver Stone's directing in this movie has a personal tone to it.This movie is also visually great,... Full review
Light this movie on fire!!!!
Oct 30, 2007
mr_disinformation - yahoo.com
This was one of Oliver Stones worst movies he ever made; sure, Val Kilmer was good as Jim, but he had a poor script to work with. This movie was one LONG music video with little pause, and there was more... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Sep 03, 2008
Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
Watch and listen as Kilmer morphs into Morrison taking on the actual singing duties during the film's live performances; so dead-on even the surviving members of The Doors couldn't tell his vocals apart from the real Morrison. Oliver Stone's mind-trip of a film impresses with special effects, soft light, psychedelia and the music; the music is the thing. ... Full Review
| Aug 22, 2008
Rolling Stone
The lawsuit started in 2003, when Densmore sued his band mates after they "improperly invoked The Doors' name and images" when Kreiger and Manzarek toured as "The Doors of the 21st Century. ... Full Review
| Aug 14, 2008
Monsters and Critics
a bad film.... ... Full Review
| Aug 14, 2008
Monsters and Critics
The film looks as best I've seen it on home video in this Blu-ray release. The Doors is Oliver Stone's vision of the iconic band and features an interesting look at the time period from whence they sprang. ... Full Review
| Jul 11, 2008
MTV.com
that the Doors were hard-pressed to match it ... Full Review

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Forgotten footage of THE DOORS final New York shows is to be released as a six-CD collection in November (09). A third of the 90 tracks recorded during the group's Felt Forum shows in January, 1970 have never been heard... ... Full Article

"Carmina Burana," Carl Orff's music set to medieval poetry, has filled a lot of colorful roles. At hockey games at HSBC Arena, it thunders from the organ, inspiring the Sabres toward victory. ... Full Article

I just watched the "Doors" movie for the 3445th time. I'm sick and tired of these European rags/magazines with FREE CDs always dismissing Jim Morrison, the Doors and their legacy as "Los Angeles pomposity, sheer egomaniacal bullshit and rubbish" -... ... Full Article

With a few new musical biopics headed our way, there's a question to consider: Just how musically inclined should an actor be when they take on the role of a musician? ... Full Article

It was a marriage made somewhere other than heaven: The Lizard King and the Homecoming Queen, together for the first and last time at The Broadmoor Hotel. ... Full Article

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