Oliver Stone, Get Your Facts Straight! Some have said that Oliver Stone’s The Doors was a realistic and accurate portrayal of Jim Morrison’s life and The Doors’ musical escapades. Unfortunately, director Oliver Stone has a habit of putting his own beliefs and ideas into the mouths of his characters. This would not necessarily be bad if his characters were fictional. Jim Morrison and his fellow band members are real, and those who knew …showed first 75 words of 572 total…

…showed last 75 words of 572 total…The Doors, some of those members still living are disturbed by how Stone has show them. All the discrepancies in Stone’s version of The Doors’ lives should give some indication as to what type of filmmaker he is. Maybe he should stick to making movies about fictional characters instead of people who have lived. Sources (outside of the film itself) Manzarek, Ray. My Life with The Doors. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1998.