11 Movie Characters Whose Virtues Aren’t As Indisputable As We Thought

In cinema and literature, characters are usually divided into good and bad — ok, there are those who are, on the “border”, but let’s leave them aside. The fact is that the cinematographic universe tends to highlight the virtues of the good guys. And, even if they do wrong things, they always have a good justification for it. For example, the complicated character of Harry Potter is justified by the persecution he suffers from Lord Voldemort, and the evil of the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland is revealed only in the course of the narrative.

we, from awesome.club, we take a deeper look at some characters we’ve always admired. Ultimately, we find that its virtues can be quite questionable.

Harry often loses his temper and takes his anger out on others. Even in friends. Just look at how irritated he gets when looking for the horcruxes: he fights with Hermione and Ron, even going so far as to abandon his friends. One might assume that Salazar Slytherin’s locket is to blame for their bad temper, but Hermione and Ron, wearing it, didn’t behave like Harry did.

Harry’s aggression and revenge reach a point where even his attacks on Draco are sometimes unwarranted and quite hostile. For example, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, he casts a spell on Malfoy that nearly kills him.

Harry is arrogant. For example, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, after winning one of the competitions, he celebrates the victory, forgetting about his friends. And once, in a conversation with Hermione, he explicitly declares that he is the chosen one, and earns a well-deserved slap on the head from her friend.

Another issue: the little witch often acts hastily. For example, when he creates Dumbledore’s squad: not only does he think he’s an expert in Defense Against the Dark Arts, but he also unwittingly undermines the headmaster himself, who is fired after the squad’s reveal.

Harry doesn’t care about his friends. He doesn’t take Ron’s feelings into account, who lives “in the shadow” of the little wizard, nor does he notice the love that develops between his friend and Hermione. It seems that, in Harry’s life, friends only exist to save him from all his misadventures.

Finally, Harry is presumptuous. He gets involved in the battles against evil alone and, over the years, does not learn to accept help from friends. However, he is shy with Gina, and it is she who makes the relationship between the two develop.

The two are nothing like heroes saving the world from villain attacks. They are cowards and abandon their friends, fleeing in panic from danger. No problem if they’re just scared, but Shaggy and Scooby constantly screw up the team’s plans at the most crucial moment of the adventure, putting everyone’s lives at risk.

For example, during the fight against the moon ghost that grabs Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby simply run away without playing their part, further angering the ghost and messing up Velma and Fred’s plan. As usual, they are only able to capture the ghost because they are very lucky.

Shaggy and Scooby don’t even apologize for their actions. Besides, they live laughing for nothing, all they think about is eating sweets, having fun and doing absolutely nothing. The two show a complete lack of education and quite unpleasant behavior.

The villain of the film is Regina. However, good little Cady is even worse. Upon entering the school, she causes a lot of mess. Wanting to establish herself in the crowd, she teams up with Janis and Damian and becomes involved in intrigues against Regina. Cady puts her studies aside. Her grades in Mathematics (her favorite subject) are getting lower and lower, as she only thinks about Aaron, with whom she is in love.

Trying to strengthen relations with Regina, the young woman forgets about Janis and Damian and doesn’t even invite them to her party. In the end, however, Cady corrects her behavior. But all of her attitudes are alarming and everything leads to believe that this will get worse throughout the plot. Mainly because Cady always compares relationships at school to the harsh laws of the animal kingdom. At the end, she even alludes to the fact that the school would be ready to crack down on spoiled and manipulative girls.

Although some fans of the saga feel that Jacob is a more suitable candidate for Bella than Edward, his behavior often suggests otherwise. His passion sometimes seems morbid and even obsessive. In fact, Jacob pursues Bella, imposing himself on her as her boyfriend. For example, in the second and third parts of the franchise, he claims that he is better than Edward, badmouthing the vampire behind his back.

Jacob is Bella’s friend for selfish reasons and maybe he wouldn’t have helped her with the bike if he didn’t expect love in return. He is also manipulative: he accuses her of taking advantage of him, is offended that she does not love him, prevents her from visiting Edward in Italy, and forcibly kisses her. Compared to Edward, who gives Bella the freedom of choice, Jacob seems stubborn and selfish.

Apparently, Alice is kind and good, but ends up interfering in the lives of others. She wants to be friendly with Bella, but doesn’t seem to realize the difficulty the young woman has with new friendships. The girl is an introverted person and, for the first time in her life, she is faced with vampires, very dangerous creatures.

Alice is always imposing her decisions, sometimes controversial and even risky, on everyone. For example, she invites mere mortals to the vampire house party, even after Bella is attacked by Jasper. She fills the newlyweds’ house with clothes that reveal her unusual taste. Edward tries to stop his pushy sister, but she doesn’t understand that she is doing something wrong.

Peeta comes across as sensitive, vulnerable, and delicate. But, in love with Katniss, he doesn’t realize that, with their lives at stake, this is not the time to behave like a romantic. In addition, he tries to manipulate the girl: he announces that he loves her, lies that they are married and that Katniss is pregnant, forcing her to help him with her lies.

Naturally kind, Peeta wants to appear brave: he willingly joins the game when his participation is not required, and then decides to take matters into his own hands, parting ways with Katniss. But he constantly gets into trouble, forcing his beloved to rescue him. Due to his inability and conceit, innocent people die, like old Mags. In fact, for most of the sequence, Peeta is a burden on everyone around him. And of course, mostly Katniss.

Mary Jane is a typical “girl in distress” who is always in need of rescuing. She is always in the hands of villains and waiting for a superhero to come and save her. Only at the end of the trilogy does she stop being passive and help Peter Parker in his battle against Venom, throwing a concrete block at the villain’s head. But her “exploits” stop there.

Perhaps some circumstances gave the character a certain strength. She was a spoiled actress who demanded Peter’s attention and reverence for her talent. Just remember how offended Mary was at Peter for missing his presentations and showing no interest in knowing the reason for his absences. But, in the third part of the trilogy, when she is fired from the theater and starts working in a club, she rethinks her behavior.

The young priest is charismatic, handsome and has a mysterious inner world that initially enchants female viewers. He radiates energy and is very different from the rest of the church. We are not surprised that Meggie falls in love with him.

However, over the course of the narrative, this first impression disappears. Ralph, in search of an ideal of existence, dedicates himself only to work. But under the mask of a guardian of spiritual values ​​hides a social climber. After all, all his life he seeks not just an occupation, but increasingly higher positions.

Maybe it’s not wrong for him to have professional ambitions. But when he realizes that he has to give up his beloved to reach the top, Ralph doesn’t give up the opportunity. Eager to satisfy his spiritual and physical needs, he doesn’t even think about Meggie’s feelings. Ralph turns out to be a weak and insensitive egoist.

Kate is a reserved and shy girl who works as an elf in a Christmas store. Her mismatch with the world around her is explained by the fact that she underwent a heart transplant.

In this difficult situation, he got used to receiving help and care from everyone, but he wants to get rid of it, but he does not know how to lead an adult life. The young woman does not think it is wrong to visit friends unannounced, nor does she try to get a suitable job and arrange her personal life. Furthermore, she fights with her mother and sister. In short, she acts like a teenager, she complains about her problems and blames her problems on everyone but herself.

The White Queen appears to be delicate and elegant. Only, in reality, Mirana is as hungry for power as the Red Queen, however, she hides these desires behind a beautiful smile. She doesn’t want to make peace with Iracebeth and is willing to dispute the throne with her own sister.

Even if Mirana’s goal is to save the world from a cruel regime, it’s hard to understand why she doesn’t talk to her sister and peacefully settle the fight. Instead, she chooses the path of passive aggression, even though she is to blame for the conflict. As a child, Mirana vilified Iracebeth to her parents. The future Red Queen was very offended, and when fleeing the palace, she stumbled and hit her head so hard that the swelling remained forever.

Which of these characters annoys you the most and which flaws are forgivable? Share your opinion with us in the comments section!