Classic Albums: The Doors - The Doors
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Movie Reviews of Classic Albums: The Doors - The Doors
Movie Review: Great find!
Summary: 5 Stars
Already have a lot of this, but it's a nicely arrranged collection. Just wish there were more of these. Fair price, as was shipping and handling. A+.Movie Review: Disappointed. I'll tell you why.
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm a big Doors fan. I'm also a fan of the "Classic Album" series.
My problem with this particular installment is that it is focuses way too much on how great The Doors were in general and their place in rock history, and not enough on the making of the actual album.
I expected in-depth insight on mixing, recording, equipment, performance, and instrumentation like the other installments I've seen (The Pink Floyd/DSotM and Hendrix/ELL DVDs are excellent examples of how these SHOULD be done). Instead, this one came off more like a VH1 Behind the Music puff-piece. Making-of aspects like the ones I mentioned above are present, but take a back seat to all the lauding.
Listen, if someone buys one of these Classic Album DVDs, chances are they are already a big fan of the band. So pontificating throughout the DVD about how great the The Doors are is preaching to the choir.
Bonus:
Cool to see Robbie Krieger on flamenco guitar. Ray M demonstrates organ parts & tells stories but comes off a little lame with an authentic but weak organ tone (Some more amplification would have been effective).
Movie Review: Four on the Floor would have been a Perfect Score
Summary: 3 Stars
The documentary is part of an ongoing series that airs on VH-1 and would have been vastly superior with more instrumental demonstrations & less chatter from those outside the band.
The enthusiasm of Ray Manzarek & engineer Bruce Botnick and technical explanations from Robby Krieger - with John Densmore adding a holistic dimension to the music - becomes muddled with too many people who have too little to add to the exploration of The Doors self-titled debut album.
It becomes a stretch to have friends of the group, Henry Rollins and Perry Farrell in a number of interview segments. That Farrell would share the album with his children hardly places the material in a historical context.
The bonus features place the spotlight back on the band members and the decisions that went into producing the album, with additional explanations through demonstrations. But the editing to the original documentary strays too much from letting the classic music do the talking.
Movie Review: Wasted opportunity to document the creation process
Summary: 3 Stars
Have been a Doors fan for over 20 years and was expecting to see and hear how the recording process was executed for the making of this classic album. Instead , most of the programme delves into the Doors mysterious side, how they formed and Morrison's stage antics/poetry. This is something that has covered a million times before by other documentaries/books/films.
This was a wonderful opportunity to give spoken accounts with the people that matter and were there about how it was to be in the studio when these tracks were laid down. You do get a bit of that, but no where near the detail I would have expected.
Too much time was wasted on hearing from friends and admirers of the bands music. We all know how great the band was already. Tell us how the album was recorded and created.
One good thing was to hear snippets from the Doors 1st demo, pre Robby Krieger.
Movie Review: Spare me the psychobabble
Summary: 2 Stars
There is a quite a bit of recycled stuff here, but the real annoyances are the mindless crap from people like Henry Rollins, Perry Farrell and others. I really don't care what those people think about Jim or the Doors, I want to see how the album was made. There is too much filler related to the turbulent times and all of that. Anyone with a brain understands the historical context of these albums.
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