Laura


Was great till she started talking. Ow my ears.

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Just looked up Dafne Keen, she's Brit-Spanish. Her British accent is lovely. It's just her American & Spanish one is hard on the ears.

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Ah, good. For a second I though this one of batman6's posts about how all female characters should be whipped. πŸ˜£πŸ˜“

Anyway, in reply to your post, Laura's voice was definitely shrill and fast-paced. I actually had trouble differentiating when she was speaking English vs Spanish.

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It would teach her not to oppress me.

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She's eleven. That's way too cruel.

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I don't actually care, but her voice was definitely annoying. They were wise to keep her quiet most of the movie.

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Did I forget some rule about how mutants were only born with standard American accents?

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I thought they relaxed that rule recently.

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Haha, yeah she had a very high pitched chipmunk type of voice!

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Don't insult Alvin and his brothers... it was more like a gerbil in a blender.

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Hey I liked her in the role otherwise actually. She was very good as a feral type of child, I found her very effective. Her voice was just very very high pitched!

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Exactly. XD
I mean, it was mostly in character. It just was a bit hard to understand and hard on the ears.

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LOL, now that I'm thinking about it, even the high pitched-ness of her voice seems to suite her. Almost like a little squirrel and animal-like that fits her character.

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I would say more like a little wildcat than a squirrel. ;3

Kinda like Koda from Brother Bear, actually, as he described himself: "I'm a raging ball of wild fur!"

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Haha, you're right of course! I just couldn't think of any other small feral animals, lol!

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I think this movie should get a nomination for Best Screenplay.

"HYYEEERRAAAGGGHH!!"

(two minutes and many deaths later)

"RRRGHHAAAARRRWWWAAA!!!"

(15 minutes later after more bodies fall)

"EEEYEEEOOOWWWWRYAAAA!!!!"

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Wow I'm not the only one that thought that... as soon as she started jabbering in Spanish I was hoping Logan would lop her head off just to shut her up.... Weird thing was when she spoke in English her voice was lower and not nearly as annoying.

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I was surprised Logan didn't punch her.

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Right after she punched him, that would have been awesome. xD

However, I liked how he was all "oh wow, you can talk" and went from that to "Shut the fuck up" in a matter of seconds.

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I admit I laughed at that scene. πŸ˜…

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I think depending on the person, Spanish and Latin American dialects, in general, induce you to speak in a higher-pitched voice tone. English seems to work the other way around. My voice gets much deeper when I speak in English. At least that's how it works with me.

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When Laura speaks for the first time, this is actually my favorite scene of her in the film. For me, speaking in Spanish along with the tone of her voice only enhanced her feisty disposition.

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