one for the ages

the trailers/clips had me so concerned this was gonna happen and i had to talk myself out of it repeatedly and the SECOND Tuah brought up his theory to booker I was like oh shit this is really happening. we got the "redemption by death" trope which i have come to loathe. I started this movie hoping he'd stay immortal, then thought okay please let him survive the movie AND HERE WE ARE

First of all, booker's punishment in the first one was so compelling to me because he spent two centuries wishing he could die, BETRAYED HIS FAMILY FOR IT and then was forced to be alone -- what a great opportunity for him to learn how to actually LIVE.

Fine, take away his immortality and give it to andy, i can overlook sketchy lore.....why kill him so unnecessarily??? it's not as tho him dying actually changed anything. we coulda had andy and her two freshly mortal besties set off on their quest to save their family. Let him actually learn and GROW (and give him a heroic sacrifice in the next movie if you must lol)

and he and joe and nicky hardly said two words to each other?? and he's just...gone?? AND THEY DONT EVEN KNOW -- NO ONE ELSE KNOWS

to be clear. absolutely in character for booker to do this. but his arc could've been so. much. more. interesting.

idk this is an incoherent mess lol i had a fun time until the end - they killed my fave but i still need a damn third movie cause of that cliffhanger