I feel like he's probably one of the more tragic characters. If he'd been more selfish and moved away, so Annie couldn't stay friends with Laurie, or if he'd not taken Laurie in, Annie might've lived. He barely saved them in the first, and completely fails in the second, and has to live with that, as one of the few surviving characters
shareVery sad it is, yes.
shareHonestly Douriff's one of the main bright spots of the movie.. this one showed why he was cast and how good he is. His breakdown scene's probably the most realistic one I've seen in a movie; he just breaks mentally and can't handle it. It's painful to watch and so realistic.
He's the only real hero of the story; Loomis was to a point in the first one (he was still a fame whore in it too,) but in this one he's worthless until the final climax. He did everything he could to save those two but fate just wouldn't allow it. Annie was too stubborn for her own good.. they offered to take her away and everything but she wouldn't go. So dumb. Laurie allowed herself to get drunk which was dumb. Granted Brackett really shoulda told Laurie her truth a lot earlier but honestly in his defense how hard would that be considering what all she went through? He was in a rock and a hard place. It's his dumb fault; he shoulda never told Loomis but I guess he woulda found out anyways somehow if he didn't.
Brackett did the best he could; those 2 were just cursed.