I'm glad you asked for this, because I finally watched that film!
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Laurie probably should feel lucky. Lucky that she survived, lucky that Michael didn’t kill her son, lucky that he was finally out of her life. But she didn’t feel lucky.
It wasn’t fair that she’d had to face him so many times, all because he’d planned it that way. He’d stalked her like prey for 20 years, for no real reason at all beyond their familial tie. Laurie hadn’t been sure she was related to him, and couldn't understand at first how he could kill so easily.
At least, not until she was faced with the choice herself. When it came down to it, she wanted to survive. That survival instinct is what drove her to steal the coroner’s van, and drive Michael straight off a cliff. Even after all of that, it wasn’t enough. Michael still wanted her dead.
She barely hesitated before she chopped his head off.
In the end, maybe she was more like Michael than she cared to admit.
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Date: 2023-11-01 04:17 am (UTC)---
Laurie probably should feel lucky. Lucky that she survived, lucky that Michael didn’t kill her son, lucky that he was finally out of her life. But she didn’t feel lucky.
It wasn’t fair that she’d had to face him so many times, all because he’d planned it that way. He’d stalked her like prey for 20 years, for no real reason at all beyond their familial tie. Laurie hadn’t been sure she was related to him, and couldn't understand at first how he could kill so easily.
At least, not until she was faced with the choice herself. When it came down to it, she wanted to survive. That survival instinct is what drove her to steal the coroner’s van, and drive Michael straight off a cliff. Even after all of that, it wasn’t enough. Michael still wanted her dead.
She barely hesitated before she chopped his head off.
In the end, maybe she was more like Michael than she cared to admit.
So no, she wasn’t lucky. She was just resilient.