10 Movie Villains Who Would Have Won By Doing NOTHING

10. Loki - Thor

As much as Loki (Tom Hiddleston) clearly loves an unnecessarily cunning plot to get what he wants, his Machiavellian scheming can evidently get the better of him sometimes.

In the original Thor, Loki sabotages Thor's (Chris Hemsworth) coronation in Asgard, eventually causing Thor to be banished to Earth by Odin (Anthony Hopkins).

That might sound like a solid enough plan to get Thor out of the way, except that Thor's time stuck on Earth consequently allows him to grow enormously as a person, putting his arrogance aside and becoming more humble.

But Loki's biggest single mistake might've been sending the Destroyer to Earth to try and kill Thor, which ironically resulted in his brother proving himself to be worthy of Mjolnir and getting his powers back.

Loki would've been in a far better position to take over Asgard if he simply let Thor run rampant as a reckless, petulant God who would likely self-annihilate sooner or later.

But rather than play the simple waiting game, Loki got impatient and hatched a contrived scheme which inevitably backfired.