10 Huge Mistakes Which Doomed Movie Characters

The cinematic equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot.
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[@bryanc1984]

In The Prestige, Angier also sealed his own doom by throwing away the secret to Borden's trick before reading what it was.

[@robvollman]

I thought Tommy killing Billy Batts in Goodfellas would be on here for sure.

[@owie4070]

This list could have been longer.

[@56postoffice]

Brick Top in "Snatch" truly underestimated Mickey's criminal status.

[@Mos41f]

Let's not forget Neil McCauley making the grave error of not killing Waingro when the opportunity presented itself in 'Heat'. That mistake starts the chain of events that ultimately leads to his own demise and his crew members.

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Yeah, but it's not like he chose to let Waingro go. I'd argue that Neil McCauley's mistake in Heat was going after Waingro. He was in the home stretch of his escape and would've gotten away with his girl in tow but he wanted payback. His desire for vengeance was totally understandable and not killing Waingro would have probably eaten away at him for the rest of his life but it doomed him in the end.

[@Mos41f]

@@ArcherSuh4721 He could've or rather should've held Waingro down with his foot/knee, preventing him from escaping. Waingro escaping was solely his own mistake. Also, using a Silencer on his gun would've made things a lot simpler.

[@jeffbarnes9316]

Mickey waits until the 4th round and fakes being knocked out in the second fight in Snatch…

[@johnsimpson6670]

Yep. The first second knock out was from the first fight, with Mickey's look of 'I hardly touched him' bewilderment coming soon after.

[@dragula2012]

Makes you wonder if they actually do the research or watch the films before making blunders in these mistakes videos. Maybe someone should make a '10 times whatculture gets the facts wrong' video

[@DaleHusband]

Han Solo being killed by Kylo Ren was actually a reenactment of what happened to Obi-Wan Kenobi at the hands of Darth Vader.

[@Unfixingalloy1UA1]

In the book Harrys mistake was even worse. Sirius gave him a way to communicate with him at all times. Harry didnt even bother checking the mirror

[@Ceares]

To be fair to Harry, he wasn't thinking clearly or logically for most of that book. He had hormones raging, the trauma from Cedric's death and seeing Voldy resurrected, people calling him a liar about what happened, Rita Skeeter, the great pink evil, the Order not telling him anything, Dumbledore mindscrewing him, Voldy mindscrewing him, and Snape mindscrewing him. It's not surprising he made the mistake he did, it's surprising it wasn't worse.

[@MT-cm5ne]

True, but he also checks the house using the fire, and Krecher lies to him about Sirius not being there.

[@spiktan]

Clearly Adam from WhatCulture never actually watched Snatch otherwise he would have picked up on the error with Mickey there as he was mindlessly regurgitating the script handed to him.

[@joshdefamio6802]

I'm not certain he watched The Prestige either.

[@miguelhackett4352]

Hector's mistake wasn't killing his cousin, it was coming out to face a demigod one on one rather than using archers

[@CraftySouthpaw]

Exactly!

[@HariSeldon913]

How about every Bond villain ever: putting Bond in some elaborate death trap instead of doing a double tap at first opportunity.

[@anhurtorrez]

I think you got the wrong one in the number 1 position, Killing Mickey's mom not only got him killed, but all of his men as well, and that one should of been number 1.

[@johnsampy9807]

Pearls Sister-In Law Telling Pearl She Could Visit Her.

[@Ceares]

I'm laughing at the "trusting your kids is bad" take you got from Star Wars.

[@WaylandersWandering]

Achilles "cousin"... sure "cousin"

[@ericthompson3982]

The Prestige was an awesome adaptation.

[@thomaslance5428]

It's kinda hard to buy the Han thing, cause the reason it happened was Harrison Ford didn't wanna come back. Would Han, without being forced through an actor's demand, have really been that stupid?

[@myname7056]

1:12 I can absolutely validate this. My dad worked in a pub in London in the 70s, & he told me that when the Germans came over for a holiday, & ordered one beer they’d put their thumb up.

[@vergil1us]

1:20 he WAS aware of it, he just did it out of habit which doomed them. You can see that he was aware he made a blunder because of how he looked down right after and wasn't smiling anymore.

[@markrandall4893]

Kia ora. Love these lists, but often want to skip movies I’ve not seen yet. Could you please add chapter markers?

[@VanityDivined]

I’ve never been to Europe, and I know it’s not Dye-tritch lol

[@djyanno]

You need to rewatch Snatch

[@jonhinson5701]

Patroclus was not a cousin to Achilles. They were much more to each other but the writers had to hetero it up.

[@gregbasore2108]

Kylo ultimately took down Snoke and Palpatine, so Hans faith was ultimately rewarded and vindicated.

[@CraftySouthpaw]

The problem with calling killing Patroclus a "mistake" is that Hector did it out of necessity to halt the Greeks' counterattack. Hector's real mistakes were either killing Menelaus when Paris lost the duel fair & square (which is in the movie, but NOT the book) OR (in both the movie & the book) waiting outside the walls of Troy to face Achilles alone.

[@spacecase13]

The mistake that truly doomed Han Solo was being in a Disney movie.

[@marccendros3605]

Harrison Fort has been wanting Han Solo to be killed for a long time. It was something that was bound to happen.

[@coppertopv365]

Good one

[@robvegas9354]

Maybe Han solo got a copy of the last jedi script and wasn’t keen to hang around anymore

[@glennbabic5954]

I don't see how Brick driving Mickey's odds down favours Mickey. That reduces the winnings. Mickey winning the fight is what gets him a payout although a low one. Doesn't make sense

[@rjac3870]

You got snatch wrong about him knocking out his opponent straight away and even showing a clip of Mickey all bloody and cut after the fight probably should’ve watched the film before putting it in the list

[@Krezznet]

In Harry Potter they explicitly stated that they don't know if the dark Lord is aware of the connection and it was through the connection Harry was able to save Mr Weasleys life after he saw him attacked in the Ministry of Magic, the logic is all there and sound, he thought he saw another real vision like he had before and there was no reason to suspect Voldemort was controlling the connection in any way at that point in the story.

[@baliyae]

Han Solo being killed is why I hated the sequel trilogy.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Sonny Corleone letting his anger prompt him to leave the family compound without his retinue of bodyguards to seek vengeance on his domestic abuser brother-in-law Carlo Rizzi, so he was all alone when he drove into a tollbooth ambush.

[@OneaeBlack]

That warden offed himself at the end of shawshank redemption because they caught him red handed making money off public criminal work so why would there be for profit prison these days doesn't make sense.

[@DeletedMediaYoutube]

..huh?

[@OneaeBlack]

@@DeletedMediaKZbin Clueless.

[@DeletedMediaYoutube]

@@OneaeBlack make that make sense. A little punctuation.

[@Ceares]

For the same reason that child labor is suddenly A-okay again. Because things that were once considered immoral or unethical or reprehensible can quickly become acceptable when there's enough opportunity for profit or power. Also though, I think he was embezzling the money he made.

[@OneaeBlack]

@@Ceares 90's Those Were The Days.

[@bryanguarino2507]

Mickey didn't knock the guy out in the first round. The first match he fights, yes he does. The second fight he drops him with one punch but the fight goes a few rounds

[@sunnyjohnson992]

I cried so hard when Han died! 😭

[@drewhayman1815]

Micky knocks the guy out in the fourth round not the first

[@andrewleah1983]

Let's not use any of the Jar Jar Abrams Star Wars as pinnacles of cinema and to be taken seriously.

[@snowroaches]

Shawshank was 1994.

[@alexius23]

🎥🍿🎞🎬🧙🏻‍♂

[@coreydx8602]

tommy was really stupid, should have waited till he got out of shawshank first.

[@klydejohnson7520]

First😂

[@austindrake4697]

I didn't kill han Solo , Wokeness killed Han Solo - Adam Driver

[@batlokoasekhamane4813]

The real mistake in Troy was when the prince agreed to fight an enemy soldier 1 on 1. Achilles should have been riddled with arrows. Imagine Putin went up to the white house gates and started shouting “Biden!” expecting a fight to the death 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jrobert2866]

Do some basic research ffs. Patroclus was Achilles LOVER, not his cousin. This was changed to make the film more palatable to homophobic audiences in 2004 but there is no excuse for compounding that erasure in 2024. Shame on you!

[@BossDaddyNass]

Han solo activated Ben's lightsaber to save his child from being killed by snoke which allowed his to live help rey in 8 then return to the light in ep 9. Didn't seal Hans fate but changed his sons. A sacrifice most fathers would give for thier children to have a better fate.