Valid and invalid criticisms about the Brie Larson issue

They aren't using tall alpha types for alpha roles.

I remember people criticizing Adam West, suggesting he was "a human pillow" but Michael Keaton wore a padded costume and was much shorter.

Brie Larson portrayed the damsel in distress character in a Kong movie. How can she go from that to a superheroine?
If she is a superheroine, then what does it make a Famke Janssen--a giant?