tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post6794492063093943871..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: 2017 Blind Spot Series: The DoorsDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-55252471933851845762017-05-30T21:15:14.857-04:002017-05-30T21:15:14.857-04:00Keep putting it off. Keep putting it off. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-70916391712341868122017-05-29T15:49:06.467-04:002017-05-29T15:49:06.467-04:00I like the personal stuff too. Love the band but s...I like the personal stuff too. Love the band but so many I know don't like it was put off seeing it. Alex Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080214073517411435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-9312767445064491272017-04-26T20:53:17.358-04:002017-04-26T20:53:17.358-04:00The army was the beginning of mine, lol.The army was the beginning of mine, lol.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-12114174408554279192017-04-25T11:01:22.156-04:002017-04-25T11:01:22.156-04:00Alas, I was in grad school and had pretty much ung...Alas, I was in grad school and had pretty much ungrown my misspent youth. ;-)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426349195171316268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-33286601892481247532017-04-24T20:52:32.672-04:002017-04-24T20:52:32.672-04:00Thanks.
Overwhelmingly "meh" is a pret...Thanks. <br /><br />Overwhelmingly "meh" is a pretty good description. I'm sure controlled substances would help, lol. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-46360302865650378732017-04-24T19:39:42.559-04:002017-04-24T19:39:42.559-04:00Great review! I love it when you put more of your ...Great review! I love it when you put more of your personal life into your posts.<br /><br />I was in grad school when this movie was released. Some friends insisted that my husband and I go to this movie with them -- they thought it was the greatest film ever. Our reaction was overwhelmingly "meh." I suspected it was a movie that wasn't meant to be watched when you're not under the influence of controlled substances. Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426349195171316268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-21944968889216339562017-04-24T12:21:33.416-04:002017-04-24T12:21:33.416-04:00That's what I'm going to start doing. Than...That's what I'm going to start doing. Thanks for the tip! Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-83973095893346423372017-04-24T01:13:28.052-04:002017-04-24T01:13:28.052-04:00I haven't seen this, and probably won't se...I haven't seen this, and probably won't seek it out. It sounds very meh.<br /><br />I try to binge my Blind Spots so I don't forget them. I actually watched my last three months all within a week or so of each other and just scheduled posts. Otherwise I'd fall behind too. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-65978708092041340852017-04-23T21:09:54.762-04:002017-04-23T21:09:54.762-04:00Yeah, the movie made sure to note that Pamela &quo...Yeah, the movie made sure to note that Pamela "joined him three years later." <br /><br />I do plan on keeping up with it. I am looking forward to all of them, but yes, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is of particular interest. Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-3119707908707516522017-04-23T21:06:12.010-04:002017-04-23T21:06:12.010-04:00I don't think it's one of the worst, but S...I don't think it's one of the worst, but Stone has certainly done better. I did hear the band wasn't happy with it and Manzarek called it "a pack of lies. "Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-32121629812239781272017-04-23T16:56:39.933-04:002017-04-23T16:56:39.933-04:00Glad you were finally able to put faces with the v...Glad you were finally able to put faces with the voices!! <br /><br />Even though I used this as a pick during one of the Thursday Movie Picks I'm not overly fond of the film. As you said Morrison isn't a very appealing protagonist, being a self-centered, inconsiderate, selfish jackass who's main concern was always Jim Morrison and the pursuit of giving himself pleasure. In that the film seems to have shown him accurately since that's how he came across in "Light My Fire" a bio I read on him. It just became wearying after a while.<br /><br />Kilmer was good capturing much of the conflict in The Lizard King but I thought Meg Ryan was weak as the equally self destructive Pamela (who by the way died a few years after Morrison also at 27 sadly but unsurprisingly from a drug overdose). Though I really like Kathleen Quinlan I don't have a very clear memory of her in the film. If you get a chance you should check her out in "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" where she plays a young woman in an insane asylum trapped by her illness in the thrall of a fantasy she can't escape. She's extraordinary in it.<br /><br />Hope you're able to keep going with the Blind Spots-I'm particularly looking forward to your take on your May pick The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. LOVE that movie!!joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-80158490487877882102017-04-23T15:42:59.863-04:002017-04-23T15:42:59.863-04:00This is definitely one of the worst films I had ev...This is definitely one of the worst films I had ever seen. It was too nuts for me as I read Ray Manzarek's book about the band it felt more spot on and I saw later interviews w/ the surviving members as they talked about the film and said "I don't remember that happening" as they had issues with a lot of the dramatic liberties about the film. I thought Val Kilmer was alright as Morrison and Kyle MacLachlan was good as Manzarek. I just thought it was overly exaggerated and filled with a lot of false stories and half-truths. I was more upset about the scene at Ed Sullivan where I remember that performance seeing it on TV a bunch of times and the Stone presented that performance was so fucking false.<br /><br />It made Jim Morrison more like a buffoon. It would confirm everything Lester Bangs said about him in <i>Almost Famous</i>. He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet. <br /><br />I still like the Doors music but I think the film is inessential and one of Stone's worst films. thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com