History TooDumbToLive / Film

* From ''Film/JudgeDredd,'' the rookie Street Judge that dies in the beginning. Isn't one part of police training to not run off alone into an unsecured building? In his first attempt to [[LeeroyJenkins run blindly into combat]], he actually cites a training exercise at the academy as giving him grounds to do so, before Hershey admonishes, "This is NOT a training exercise."

*** While it is true that the Ewoks themselves, being 3-foot-high aborigines armed only with spears and rocks, were not an apparent threat to Imperial stormtroopers (even though they unaccountably turned into one in the end scene), since the Empire was specifically ''expecting'' the arrival of a Rebel sabotage team -- indeed, the Empire's entire plan involved deliberately leaking the location of the Death Star's construction site to the Rebels and inviting them to make a run at it -- it's really stupid to make life easier for said Rebel sabotage team by not clearing away the underbrush immediately around the base so they have to cross a stretch of open ground (and thus be plainly visible) to reach your back door. Extra special dumb points are awarded because "clear out a strip of land around your fort so somebody doesn't try and sneak at the walls" was already common military practice back when they were first inventing forts and walls.

*** In the Empire's defense the "hostile natives" were a bunch of 3 foot tall stone age tech teddy bears who were shocked and frightened by the concept of a hat. Keeping it hidden from your actual enemies who have the ability to fly and spot a large building in the middle of a deforested area seems to be worth the risk of giving said natives places to hide.
*** [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse They did]] ''[[GenreSavvy after]]'' [[GenreSavvy that!]]
*** 'Keeping it hidden' cannot possibly be a concern, given that what you're trying to hide is a ''giant transmitter dish that can literally be seen from space''.

** See also Mia Wallace, purely because snorting a substance you found in the pocket of a virtual stranger without knowing exactly what it is is not a sensible thing to do. Then again, she is a habitual drug user and was already high on cocaine at the time she did this, so its not surprising she's acting like her brain is on leave of absence.

** See also Mia Wallace, purely because snorting a substance you found in the pocket of a virtual stranger without knowing exactly what it is is not a sensible thing to do.

* Dr. Gediman in ''Film/AlienResurrection''. At first it's stupidity, then it becomes outright craziness. He stands in front of an alien and [[BullyingADragon bares his teeth to the thing]][[note]]For those that do not know, this is a primary sign of showing aggression among most species.[[/note]], which then tries to pierce his skull with its second mouth. He only survives due to the reinforced glass between them. He inspects the aliens' escape without backup, and gets captured by them. When the Newborn is born he outright tells it to come to him, and it finally kills him. He stands out because no other character ''in the entire series'' is this stupidly asking to get killed. Of course, the man ''is'' a MadScientist played by Brad Dourif, and his sanity is highly questionable.

* Beth, the main character in 2011's ''The Wicker Tree'', the "spiritual sequel" to 1973's ''Film/TheWickerMan'', goes crashing hard into this trope in the last 20 minutes of the film. She and her boyfriend Steve have agreed to serve as the Queen of the May and Laddie, respectively, for the May Day celebrations in the Scottish village they have been recruited to to preach Christianity. On May Day, Steve is eaten alive by a mob of villagers, while Beth is left unconscious in a room of previous Queens of the May in the village's butcher shop. All of them have been killed and embalmed, and permanently displayed sitting on wicker thrones. Upon awakening, Beth discovers this, and manages to escape through a window. She runs across the one rogue villager who's tried to help her and Steve, Lolly, who tells Beth that Steve has been killed, and she needs to escape before the same happens to her. Beth refuses, and instead, catches up to the villagers on a hill, where they burn a wicker tree. Beth is told of Steve's fate, and she angrily pushes the village's leader into the wicker tree, grabs a villager's torch, '''''AND SETS THE LEADER ON FIRE!''''' Beth forces the villagers to sing; they comply, and leave. Beth ''finally'' tries to find a way out of the village, seeking the help of a young boy named Angus. Angus leads her through the woods towards another village, but this is a trap, as the other villagers come out of nowhere and capture Beth. The film ends with the audience being shown that Beth has suffered the same fate as the previous May Queens: being killed, embalmed, and sat on a wicker throne in the same room in the butcher shop.

* Beth, the main character in 2011's ''The Wicker Tree'', the "spiritual sequel" to 1973's ''Film/TheWickerMan'', goes crashing hard into this trope in the last 20 minutes of the film. She and her boyfriend Steve have agreed to serve as the Queen of the May and Laddie, respectively, for the May Day celebrations in the Scottish village they have been recruited to to preach Christianity. On May Day, Steve is eaten alive by a mob of villagers, while Beth is left unconscious in a room of previous Queens of the May in the village's butcher shop. All of them have been killed and embalmed, and permanently displayed sitting on wicker thrones. Upon awakening, Beth discovers this, and manages to escape through a window. She runs across the one rogue villager who's tried to help her and Steve, Lolly, who tells Beth that Steve has been killed, and she needs to escape before the same happens to her. Beth refuses, and instead, catches up to the villagers on a hill, where they burn a wicker tree. Beth is told of Steve's fate, and she angrily pushes the village's leader into the wicker tree, grabs a villager's torch, '''''AND SETS HIM ON FIRE!''''' Beth forces the villagers to sing; they comply, and leave. Beth ''finally'' tries to find a way out of the village, seeking the help of a young boy named Angus. Angus leads her through the woods towards another village, but this is a trap, as the other villagers come out of nowhere and capture Beth. The film ends with the audience being shown that Beth has suffered the same fate as the previous May Queens: being killed, embalmed, and sat on a wicker throne in the same room in the butcher shop.

* Beth, the main character in 2011's ''The Wicker Tree'', the "spiritual sequel" to 1973's ''Film/TheWickerMan'', goes crashing hard into this trope in the last 20 minutes of the film. She and her boyfriend Steve have agreed to serve as the Queen of the May and Laddie, respectively, for the May Day celebrations in the Scottish village they have been recruited to to preach Christianity. On May Day, Steve is eaten alive by a mob of villagers, while Beth is left unconscious in a room of previous Queens of the May in the village's butcher shop. All of them have been killed and embalmed, and permanently displayed sitting on wicker thrones. Upon awakening, Beth discovers this, and manages to escape through a window. She runs across the one rogue villager who's tried to help her and Steve, Lolly, who tells Beth that Steve has been killed, and she needs to escape before the same happens to her. Beth refuses, and instead, catches up to the villagers on a hill, where they burn a wicker tree. Beth is told of Steve's fate, and she angrily pushes the village's leader into the already burning wicker tree, killing him. Beth forces the villagers to sing; they comply, and leave. Beth ''finally'' tries to find a way out of the village, seeking the help of a young boy named Angus. Angus leads her through the woods towards another village, but this is a trap, as the other villagers come out of nowhere and capture Beth. The film ends with the audience being shown that Beth has suffered the same fate as the previous May Queens: being killed, embalmed, and sat on a wicker throne in the same room in the butcher shop.

* Lex Luther's cronies in ''SupermanReturns'' Superman is currently throwing his newly created Kryptonian island into outer space with them still on it, and the entire place is falling apart. Luther urgently tells them to to get the hell out of there and don't stop to take anything so they can make it to his helicopter and escape. So what to they do? Stop to grab as much cash as they can before escaping, which slows them down long enough to be crushed by a pillar.

* Gwen Stacy and her colleagues in {{Film/SpiderMan3}}. They see a huge piece of rebar clearly heading towards the window of their office, and they see it from afar, and there's more than enough time to run away. The photographer reacts to it by asking "What is that thing doing in the background?", and Gwen reacts by ''walking towards the window'', as if she's not sure it's a huge piece of rebar heading her way and wants to take a closer look. Alas, Peter intervenes, and Natural Selection is once again thwarted.

* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2FreddysRevenge'': Dude at pool party, your friends are being chased and murdered by a serial killer that has managed to possess someone enough to find a way into reality. You really think it's a good idea to tell him to calm down when he's obviously the one you've seen killing your friends and brandishing a glove with knives on the fingers? Do you have a death wish?

** In ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' the changeling assassin. She was trying to flee the Jedi at every opportunity, clearly had the ability to change shape and had just ducked into a crowded bar. Once the Jedi entered you'd expect her to change shape again and run at the first opportunity right? Instead she deliberately ''attacked'' them and was somehow surprised when they easily disarmed her (literally).

* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': So, you have a school for the members of a [[FantasticRacism severely hated group]], and this school possesses very advanced technology. Why on earth do you not have a security system? I mean, even if you don't do anything to stop [[spoiler:invaders from just climbing over the wall and jumping through the windows, at least have an alarm so they don't catch half of everyone asleep!]]
* In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' the military needs to stop Wolverine, who they've made immune to almost all weapons. To stop him they have at their disposal: An incredibly skilled marksman, and adamantium bullets capable of penetrating the adamantium shell around his skull and incapacitating him. Somehow the idea that they should combine these two things doesn't seem to occur to them.
** Said marksman also thinks it's a good idea to take a jab at Wolverine when he has decided to let him live. After seeing the guy take down a HELICOPTER.
** John Wraith, whose only power is teleportation and who thinks the best way to take down a big angry guy with claws ''and a huge healing factor'' is to punch him out.

* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': Tina does this not once, not twice, not even three times, but ''four times'' within the inevitable scene of her death. Making the mistake of investigating a strange noise: One. Closing the door behind her when she goes outside which gives her ''a few seconds less time to run inside and shut the door'' before she would be brutally attacked by Freddy: Two. Wearing flimsy pyjamas and not taking any form of protection in case there's a serial killer outside: Three. ''Giving herself even less time to escape Freddy by actually listening to him to stop and watch him cut off his fingers instead of being absolutely terrified at a dream demon with enough logic to understand that it's completely pointless to stop when it's obvious he's trying to kill her: Four''. Tina spent this time practically playing CuriosityKilledTheCast extremely straight.

** To be fair, he knew that using a lighter while covered in gasoline is a bad idea and tried to stop his friend.

The Navy attacking Godzilla as he reaches California. Not does only it doesn't work, Godzilla ends up destroying the Golden Gate Bridge ''by accident''.\\\

** Pretty much anyone trying to harm Godzilla's son in ''any'' timeline is proof that they're pretty much going to have to consider it a miracle if Godzilla leaves anything left of them after he gets done with them. Whether or not whatever's left is ''living'', or for that matter even ''recognizable'' in any way, shape, or form is another matter altogether. Trying to harm ''any'' iteration of Godzilla's son is a pretty good way to commit ''[[SuicideByCop Suicide by Godzilla]]''.

* ''Film/Equilibrium''. Is it ideal to piss off one of your First Class Grammaton Clerics who you have just informed was an UnwittingPawn in your scheme to infiltrate the Resistance? Is there really a need to be surprised that one of your highly trained Clerics has wiped out your guards? Is there even a need to be surprised at his anger with the injustice and pain you have constantly caused him when he was already a very deadly target and of very volatile character in the first place? Cut the pathetic bullshit. He's going TranquilFury on ALL your asses.

* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2FreddysRevenge'': Dude at pool party, your friends are being chased and murdered by a serial killer that has managed to possess someone enough to find a way into reality. You really think it's a good idea to tell him to calm down when he's the one killing you and your friends and brandishing a glove with knives on the fingers? Do you have a death wish?

* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': Tina does this not once, not twice, not even three times, but ''four times'' within the inevitable scene of her death. Making the mistake of investigating a strange noise: One. Closing the door behind her when she goes outside which gives her ''a few seconds less time to run inside and shut the door'' before she would be brutally attacked by Freddy: Two. Wearing flimsy pyjamas and not taking any form of protection in case there's a serial killer outside: Three. ''Giving herself even less time to escape Freddy by actually listening to him to stop and watch him cut off his fingers instead of being absolutely terrified at a dream demon with enough logic to understand that it's completely pointless to stop when it's obvious he's trying to kill her: Four''. Tina spent this time practically playing CuriosityKilledTheCat extremely straight.
** Let's not forget what Nancy does in school. What a good idea to ''follow'' your dead friend's