val kilmer and the live music scenes are so good that this film deserves to be seen, even though meg ryan and oliver stone ruin too much of the rest. jim morrison was not the guy portrayed in this film, and i don't understand why oliver stone did this hatchet job to jim and the band. as ray manzarek has noted, the guy in this film is an asshole, and ray would never have been this guy's friend. do not take this as a historically accurate biopic. watch it to enjoy val kilmer's performance, and the second-to-none live music scenes that capture the band's magic onstage.

meg ryan is awful in this, but it may not be entirely her fault. ryan portrays pam as an uptight nag, but i suppose we don't know what material she had to work with. kyle maclachan as ray manzarek is so off base and terrible, portraying him as a hippie dippie sidekick. really, there are only two reasons to watch this, but those two reasons are so incredible that this is worth seeing, from my completely biased opinion as a doors fan who has come to terms with this film as not being good but it's good popcorn theater and the best we'll ever get so i may as well enjoy it.