I've got to say, the role of X23 as a major role in story was well executed.
I wasn't sure of going with the young interpretation of Laura instead of teenager or young adult, but the film pulled it off. A teenager character in films are often played by adults with certain body type and a lot of make up on, or other special and practical effects help. A child character cannot be portrayed as such as easily.
Child actors are rarely main characters these days in big films, so it's refreshing to see one do work competently.
I was worried about the issues of the child actor acting badly, or being annoying, but, at least to me, it didn't seem to be the case.
I wouldn't call her the central main character, Logan Wolverine's name is the title after all, but I did think she did well in her supporting secondary major protagonist role.
I'm not sure how it fits into canon, the director of the movie did say he wanted to ignore the continuity mess of the film X Men and make a stand alone good picture with loose connections to the rest of the verse.
Still I wonder if X23 as a character can potentially be a lead in a team X Men film or a solo lead film.
It would be cool. A superhero movie with a young female protagonist would be rare, and as a lead hasn't even happened. Kid hero films in general haven't been seen in recent year, outside of animation.
Female superhero action films in general are rare, with the only ones I recall being Elektra, Catwoman, Supergirl, Aeon Flux. Well female main protagonist character starring films in general are relatively rare.
There's plenty of male ones in recent years, but I'd like to see Fox Films try a few with a female star.
Though I've seen some worry about success. A female led film but be unpopular with some groups or seen as an attack by a few demographics and taking away funds and resources that could be used for 'better' films.
Not to mention a child star cannot be used as a sex object in good taste, and a lot of people, though not everyone, want sex appeal in their media as an important factor for them.
Though if they try to make a film, there's also an issue with merchandising, a major revenue source.
Young Justice for example was cancelled because boys usually buy most superhero toys. Young Justice was attracting more female fans then expected, and less male fans then expected. Both groups had people who were buying toys, but projections estimated on past trends the female groups would buy less toys, so it got cancel, and only got renewed because of being brought to Netflix attention somehow, maybe with a petition, and some ability to get the studio and its assets back together.
Merch is a big deal even for big films beyond initial box office deals. Cars by Disney for example got a boom in sales by young boys, so they doubled down their target demographic focus for the sequels, though that boom died down eventually.
Disney itself as a brandname is sometimes associated with a more kiddie and feminine name, especially by young demographics. Most Disney toys sold for example seem to be the Disney Princess brandline, and while males buy Princess merch sometimes and its seen as more socially acceptable these days to flaunt such merch, the majority or the purchase tracked is young female. And Disney does make Prince and other hero toys, but those get less sales for various reasons. Their biggest sales outside their Disney IP, for general demographics seem to be Star Wars and Marvel, which get a good mix for the films.
I wasn't sure of going with the young interpretation of Laura instead of teenager or young adult, but the film pulled it off. A teenager character in films are often played by adults with certain body type and a lot of make up on, or other special and practical effects help. A child character cannot be portrayed as such as easily.
Child actors are rarely main characters these days in big films, so it's refreshing to see one do work competently.
I was worried about the issues of the child actor acting badly, or being annoying, but, at least to me, it didn't seem to be the case.
I wouldn't call her the central main character, Logan Wolverine's name is the title after all, but I did think she did well in her supporting secondary major protagonist role.
I'm not sure how it fits into canon, the director of the movie did say he wanted to ignore the continuity mess of the film X Men and make a stand alone good picture with loose connections to the rest of the verse.
Still I wonder if X23 as a character can potentially be a lead in a team X Men film or a solo lead film.
It would be cool. A superhero movie with a young female protagonist would be rare, and as a lead hasn't even happened. Kid hero films in general haven't been seen in recent year, outside of animation.
Female superhero action films in general are rare, with the only ones I recall being Elektra, Catwoman, Supergirl, Aeon Flux. Well female main protagonist character starring films in general are relatively rare.
There's plenty of male ones in recent years, but I'd like to see Fox Films try a few with a female star.
Though I've seen some worry about success. A female led film but be unpopular with some groups or seen as an attack by a few demographics and taking away funds and resources that could be used for 'better' films.
Not to mention a child star cannot be used as a sex object in good taste, and a lot of people, though not everyone, want sex appeal in their media as an important factor for them.
Though if they try to make a film, there's also an issue with merchandising, a major revenue source.
Young Justice for example was cancelled because boys usually buy most superhero toys. Young Justice was attracting more female fans then expected, and less male fans then expected. Both groups had people who were buying toys, but projections estimated on past trends the female groups would buy less toys, so it got cancel, and only got renewed because of being brought to Netflix attention somehow, maybe with a petition, and some ability to get the studio and its assets back together.
Merch is a big deal even for big films beyond initial box office deals. Cars by Disney for example got a boom in sales by young boys, so they doubled down their target demographic focus for the sequels, though that boom died down eventually.
Disney itself as a brandname is sometimes associated with a more kiddie and feminine name, especially by young demographics. Most Disney toys sold for example seem to be the Disney Princess brandline, and while males buy Princess merch sometimes and its seen as more socially acceptable these days to flaunt such merch, the majority or the purchase tracked is young female. And Disney does make Prince and other hero toys, but those get less sales for various reasons. Their biggest sales outside their Disney IP, for general demographics seem to be Star Wars and Marvel, which get a good mix for the films.
