8 Movie Plots That Could Have Been Solved If The Main Character Just Stood Still

7. Quirrell Couldn't Get The Stone Without Harry - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone

The Plot... The first movie in the cheery-cum-moody series of fantasy movies, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, takes place when Harry is just eleven years old, and for the most part, he has a bloody good year. That's until Harry realises that his Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrell, is growing Dark Lord Voldemort on the back of his head and is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone (which has the power to make people immortal). Naturally, Harry and friends set about trying to thwart him, navigating a series of horrific challenges in order to do so. When Harry finally confronts Quirrell/Voldemort in the dungeons of Hogwarts, though, he finds him having trouble locating the stone. You see, Professor Dumbledore has set-up a rather ingenious plan to avoid the Philosopher's Stone being stolen; it will only reveal itself by way of a magical mirror to those who don't actually want to use it. But then Quirrell forces Harry in front of the mirror, which shows the Philosopher's Stone being put into Harry's pocket. This, in turn, causes Quirrell to attack Harry angrily in an attempt to nab the stone, and everything ends with searing flesh, and Harry getting knocked out because - c'mon - this kid is eleven years old. Why The Main Character Should Have Just Stood Still... Harry didn't need to move from the Gryffindor Common Room. At all. In fact, it was impossible for Quirrell to even get anywhere near the stone until Harry showed up and got himself shoved in front of the mirror. Dumbledore's plan was pretty flawless. The fact that Harry tried to save the day was the biggest no-no here - sure, he managed to destroy that Quirrell/Voldemort hybrid, but he also very nearly gave that same Quirrell/Voldemort hybrid a chance at immortality. He would have been better off just not trying to do anything: "Harry Potter and the Nice School Year."