If the movies have taught us anything, it's to blindly cheer for fictional heroes as they go about their daily business: punching henchman, seducing women, and jumping in slow-motion away from explosions. And mindlessly rooting for a hero feels good, doesn't it? Because ultimately, we all want to be something akin to a hero (despite the fact that, for most us, our "heroics" are judged by how long we can stare at the TV after work without falling asleep). But stop for a second and consider that you might have been misled. Caught up in the theatrics of the movie at hand, are you completely sure that protagonist did the right thing? I mean, it
appeared that way, didn't it? The movie made you
feel like the hero was right, hm? But what if the hero only made matters worse? What would have happened had they, like, just stayed at home instead? What if getting involved actually got an unnecessary amount of people killed and created complicated new problems? Edmund Burke said that "all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." I'm not sure you thought that one through entirely, Ed. Here's 7 examples of famous or iconic movie heroes who, given the circumstances, actually made matters worse...