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 enlarge | Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Wincott, Michael Madsen
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  224 reviews
Sales Rank: 11348
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: LGEBR16427
UPC: 012236100010
EAN: 0012236100010
ASIN: B000LW7OWE
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: August 12, 2008
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 An incredible ride July 31, 2008
Leo (Guatemala, Guatemala Guatemala)
This was the part that Val Kilmer was born to play. The music in the movie just makes you trip away from the very beginning. It's fantastic. I love the Doors. This is a must have for any Door's fan.
Captivating July 24, 2008
Eli Worthington (California)
This film takes you through the history of the Doors starting in Vanice Beach California where they break through and rise to stardom.
Perfectly cast Val Kilmar as Jim Morrison and his girlfriend Meg Ryan take you through the wild, ride of the life of Jim Morrison and his band. Along with the evolving music of his band and the rising drug addiction that influenced the future of his life. It flows through the timeline showing all the true aspects of Jim's poetic personality.
Fabulously portrayal of Jim Morrison and very entertaining.
 Strange Days July 13, 2008
getupgetdown (Pennsylvania)
I think The Doors are one of the greatest bands in rock history. For me, it's The Doors, The Who, and then The Beatles. (Just my preference, so please don't give me crap for that, haha. ) I also think that no one else will ever possess the presence or talent that Jim Morrison did,especially with the way rock "music" is going these days (I mean, Limp Bizkit was popular a few years ago, if that says anything about where rock is headed.)
I'm not an Oliver Stone fan particularly. I've never seen JFK, and Natural Born Killers seems to have a sort of following behind it, but I honestly didn't see any redeeming qualities about that movie. So when I saw that Oliver Stone was the director of the movie about my favorite band, although I was excited to watch it, I truthfully wasn't expecting very much.
I bought it before watching it and still own it. Although I've seen it many times, I'm still conflicted as to how I feel about it. It seems that the movie, although true to The Doors and how they got together and their rise to fame, did not do Jim justice at all. It had nothing to do with Val Kilmer, he was perfect as Jim, especially the live performance scenes; I've watched many Doors live performances and how Val embodied Jim in that respect was really amazing. I do think he over-did it sometimes-the pouty thing he did drove me nuts and the photo shoot scene made me laugh it was so cheesy. All in all though, I loved Val as Jim. Yet the movie seemed to show only one aspect of who Morrison was-on the road to excess, out of control, drunken, womanizing. Sure he's a rock star, but I would have loved to know more about who he REALLY was, because I feel the movie didn't delve into that. I'm positive there was much more to him than the drunken rock star (even if it was the truth, that's not all of who he was). Ray Manzarek said it best "It was not about Jim Morrison. It was about Jimbo Morrison, the drunk. God, where was the sensitive poet and the funny guy? The guy I knew was not on that screen."
I give the movie three stars because aside from my criticisms of it, it's essentially a good movie by an okay director about an amazing band. Damn you Oliver Stone, why couldn't a better director with a better screenplay have done this movie, who knows what could have been.
Genuinely cool docudrama about one of our greatest artists June 17, 2008
Mike Young (San Francisco, CA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was always a huge Doors fan, but when I decided to delve a little deeper and check out this film I have to say I was surprised by a lot of things. I knew Jim Morrison hung out a lot with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix so I assumed he drank a lot, but after seeing this movie I now understand that he actually had a pretty serious drinking problem. Not to give a spoiler, but I have to say it was pretty weird and surprising to learn his drinking got so bad that he had an affair with a witch. Oliver Stone could have pulled punches and given us the sweet, innocent Jim Morrison we know from the oldies station, but Val Kilmer brings to the screen an intense, raw, troubled genius under Stone's brilliant direction. Definitely check this one out if you are at all a fan of Oliver Stone or you just want to learn about what life was like in the LA scene back in the heyday!
 "the doors" HATED IT! June 5, 2008
RICK JAMES (NEW JERSEY USA)
2 out of 19 found this review helpful
this movie is hogwash. oliver stone blew it with this one.With subject matter as the doors a really good film could have been made. its filled wth inaccurate information ie jim didnt quit film school stone did! the surviving Doors in documentaries state that stone missed the boat, morrison had addictions he also was talented but by the look of this film you would never be able to tell. Val kilmer does look and sound alittle like jim morrison but he never seems to let us want to care anything about him or his art.the movie is a mixed up mess "IS EVERYBODY IN" Gee i hope not!
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