James Phoenix
Oliver Stone's movie The Doors was on tv today. Unable to tear myself away from the first few strains of "The End" coming through my television, I watched it. I justified it by telling myself I needed to see it so I can have a real opinion on it, not just taking Ray's word for it.
Ray was right.
Misrepresentation.
If you hadn't read Ray's book, which is a literal month by month account of The Doors entire life, maybe you wouldn't think so. I didn't even live it, but from Ray's accounts, I know that much of it was wrong. Also, they tried to recreate some things that I have seen the real footage of - and they were awful. The Ed Sullivan Show was the worst.
Jim just looked like a wreckless, pointless person. All they showed was Jimbo. No Jim.
The end was the worst. They showed (real) footage of the cemetary and Jim's "grave", with haunting music in the background - all covered in grafiti of all kinds. I don't know why, I've seen pictures of it before, but this ... I lost it.
The only good thing about the movie was that they played all Doors music and there were some pretty trippy, hallucinagenic scenes from when they were supposed to be high.
Ray was right.
Misrepresentation.
If you hadn't read Ray's book, which is a literal month by month account of The Doors entire life, maybe you wouldn't think so. I didn't even live it, but from Ray's accounts, I know that much of it was wrong. Also, they tried to recreate some things that I have seen the real footage of - and they were awful. The Ed Sullivan Show was the worst.
Jim just looked like a wreckless, pointless person. All they showed was Jimbo. No Jim.
The end was the worst. They showed (real) footage of the cemetary and Jim's "grave", with haunting music in the background - all covered in grafiti of all kinds. I don't know why, I've seen pictures of it before, but this ... I lost it.
The only good thing about the movie was that they played all Doors music and there were some pretty trippy, hallucinagenic scenes from when they were supposed to be high.
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