Blaze

To me this movie covers exactly how I used to cope with complex trauma for 20 years. It is insanely accurate, in terms of the psychedelic visions that a mind can create to self-soothe and in terms of healing both individually and as a family. Also, the touch on the need to tell the truth in a young, idealistic person is beautiful. Simon Baker broke my heart with his vulnerability and Julia Savage gave a pat on the shoulder to my inner tiger that sometimes forgets to breathe but could rule the world. I wish I had the chance to heal together my father, but we never found the words nor the emotional bridge to each other. This movie has helped go through it in the realm of fiction.

The premise is one of how you interpret the visualization. To state too much of what it is about starts off the film and would be spoilers, so let's leave it at a young teen girl that stumbles upon a very traumatic situation that she isn't fully capable of understanding and how she compartmentalizes this event. The director uses surreal art quality scenes to show there was earlier trauma within the family dynamic that brought along her ability to deal with things by letting her mind go to an "otherwordly" head space. These scenes of where she takes her mind might not be for every viewer ability to grasp but that's what makes this unique. Reminiscent of another film from a couple of years ago, "I Kill Giants" which I also enjoyed because it showed another angle, grief from losing a mother ro cancer and how it was also dealt with internally, through the eyes and mind of a young girl.

That's also where the similarities end, as this not only deals with much heavier adult themes, it touches on how vulnerable a developing mind is, and how trauma can damage it, yes, even when A child loses a patent by divorce. Instead of the usual tropes to unpack these weighty psychological issues, this film goes for not so subtle visuals to show the trauma within and literally how she "slays" that metaphorical dragon that holds her back during the most challenging part of her ordeal.

Great acting. Solid script. Amazing visual content. Very memorable film, though yes, there is rough scene, that's some have alluded to and if you feel uncomfortable during this opening scene, than it did the film and writer justice ad it was handled in its rarest and brutal form without exploitation, but showing you why this sequence was as damaging as it should be for a child to witness.

It's like French people on drugs made a movie. Good quality. Good acting. Poor script.

It's one of those films that you keep hoping will get better, but it never does.

It's one of those films where you want to cheer for the main character, but she's so screwed up in the head that there's never much to cheer for.

How would I describe this movie?

Dull, boring, with an ending that was equally dull and boring.

Mental illness is sad. Pretty sure most people understand that point. I don't think most people need, or want it smashed into their face the way this movie does it.

Rape, and murder are both disturbing, and bad - most people understand that too ; however this film could have been done better.

This film was potentially an interesting premise; unfortunately, there are too many flaws in the production to produce a Blaze. The film is more of a toaster-oven. The gradual psychological recovery of a young girl who witnesses a violent act probably takes place thousands of times a year in the US, so there is really nothing unique here. An examination of the adults and their characters might have been helpful, but those are missing from the film. The performance of the young girl playing Blaze is fine, and I am sure she has a future in film. The same cannot be said for the writers of the film, however.

After watching this movie, I felt like I came out of a private exhibition by an artist at an art museum This movie is almost done with the eyes of the main character. The movie unravels the inner side of this one girl in a way that cannot be written, but can only be done in a movie.

It was so beautiful that the movie followed the girl's emotions and unraveled them into beautiful works of art And the soundtrack of this movie was really good and Julia Savage's main character was really good

The story of this movie is simple, and it can be summarized in one sentence as a story about a girl who experiences and overcomes trauma, but the direction of the movie is easy. The main character's inner self is expressed in a surreal way, but you can't feel the emotion unless you watch the movie.