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Top 10 Shocking “What Have I Done” Scenes in Movies


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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
what have I done scenes in movies for
this list we’re taking a look at big
screen scenes in which characters make
decisions that result in varying degrees
of remorse we will be discussing the
plot details of these films so we’re
highlighting a spoiler alert here mom
and dad the team I came to help because
of sadness
number 10 Jack Skellington Jack’s
Christmas The Nightmare Before Christmas
what have I done Jack you had good
intentions but bad execution it’s so sad
to see Jack Skellington Scribus dreams
literally come crashing down
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wrong with his curiosity losing he
worked so hard to give everyone a joyous
Christmas and as he lies here
heartbroken he realizes he’s only caused
madness that means you guys oh it’s just
such a gloomy sight a skeleton crying in
a cemetery desperately trying to figure
out where he went wrong jack just wanted
to make people happy for once
but instead he turned the most wholesome
day of the year into you guessed it a
nightmare Jack maybe next time you
should refrain from kidnapping the big
guy in red and gifting vampire teddy
bears to kiddies choose some friendly
advice
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number nine snow globe murder unfaithful
why did you get this as a gift a moment
of regret in a film about an affair who
would have seen that one coming
Edward discovers that his wife is having
an affair with a 27 year old used book
salesman so he decides to confront the
adulterer at his apartment
however when Edward finds the
anniversary gift he gave his wife in her
lover’s home his blind rage causes him
to smash the younger man’s head with it
I’m not feeling the scene feels so real
the camera shakes Edward shakes Paul
shakes the camera gets blurry ed gets
sweaty in short it’s tough to watch
Edward looks so remorseful knowing that
this is something he’ll have to cover up
for the rest of his life we’re thinking
some sharp words may have supplies good
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number eight Peter hits Mary Jane
spider-man 3 hey what’s wrong with you
Uncle Ben warned you about things like
this Pete with great power comes great
remorse or something like that an alien
symbiote has latched on to the
webslinger and it’s transforming Peter
Parker into a new man but not in a good
way his newfound temper causes Peter to
accidentally hit his one true love and
his face afterwards mirrors how he
looked when he saw Uncle Ben die however
it’s the look of disappointment on Mary
Jane’s face that helps the formerly
cocky Peter discover what he’s become
are you I don’t know bet you won’t be
dancing down the street with such
confidence now will you Pete let’s help
you swing back into the classic red and
blue suit ASAP I’m not to show you
sometime number seven Darth Vader’s no
Star Wars Episode three Revenge of the
Sith Lord Vega can you hear me
yes master we all know Darth Vader you
know that guy who’s possibly the
greatest cinematic villain of all time
well before Darth there was Anakin we
see the path young master Skywalker
takes to become his evil alter ego you
were the chosen one eventually being
butchered and burned alive on the lava
flows of Mustafar but even then the
first thing the newly helmeted Darth
Vader asks is if his wife is okay
where is Padme is she safe
see even after being swayed to the dark
side he’s still a loving husband
well sorry Darth but you are not gonna
like the answer it seems in your anger
you killed uh I I couldn’t
she was alive I felt it as Palpatine
reveals Padme is fate to Vader Vader
demonstrates his remorse by unleashing a
painful and unforgettable cry no turning
back from the dark side now
number six ava dupes caleb ex machina
you stay here stay here can’t we all
agree it’s time to stop trusting robots
especially the really pretty ones Caleb
knows Ava’s a robot he’s just trying to
decide whether her artificial
intelligence is advanced enough to make
him forget that fact we’re led to
believe that Ava actually cares for
Caleb but in reality she’s using him to
escape
we feel for him because he seems so nice
and innocent but once Ava’s free we can
see that she is not messing around
Caleb’s left hammering at the window
from the wrong side and we know that
he’s not going anywhere what did he get
himself into and how will he get himself
out it’s your classic I loved that robot
but she completely duped me scenario
number five the Grinch’s heart grows dr.
Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas
then the Grinch heard a sound rising
over the snow
it started in low and it started to grow
uh how do we have two characters
impersonating Santa and ruining
Christmas on this list in this scene the
Grinch realizes that while he might have
stolen all the hoos packages boxes and
bags Christmas is really all about
spending time with loved ones maybe
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Christmas he thought
don’t
come from stall maybe Christmas perhaps
we should remove the surprised look on
his face as he makes this revelation
demonstrates that he’s capable not only
of positive emotions but also of
redemption of course while his heart is
growing three sizes the present filled
sleigh is sliding further and further
off the side of Mount crumpet
causing the Grinch to have his what have
I done moment his transformation of body
to goodie is impressive saving Cindy and
Santa’s sleigh is equally so number four
William Murdoch loses it Titanic when
you give us the chance the Navy annoyed
Ibaka the sinking of the RMS Titanic was
one of the deadliest commercial
peacetime maritime disasters in recent
memory being the officer in charge of
the bridge when the Titanic collided
with the infamous iceberg is not great
for the old resume any money to get
pumping it back
faster however as hard as it is to
imagine things get even worse for first
officer William Murdoch amid all the
pandemonium on the ship as he hastily
shoots two passengers who were just
trying to get to a lifeboat
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we truly feel the fear the cold and the
panic these passengers must have
experienced and we see the instant
regret and unbearable guilt on Murdock’s
face he then decides that for him
there’s only one way to be saved number
three
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson detonates
the bridge on the river kwai this one
comes right down to the wire as a
ranking officer in a group of British
POWs during World War two
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson takes it
upon himself to see that his men build
an impressive bridge not for the
Japanese but for the British as a symbol
of their diligence and resourcefulness
because I don’t care about your bridge
and I don’t care about your rules if we
go on we go on together
however this causes him to lose sight of
the bigger picture and when he discovers
that Allied forces are trying to destroy
his bridge he initially tries to stop
them but ultimately in a beautiful and
powerful moment Nicholson asks himself
the question of the day lot of I dug
painfully realizing the consequences of
what he’s trying to accomplish and
redeeming himself in his final moments
by standing up for what he truly
believes in matters
number two the bus to nowhere the
graduate
you
what’s great about this scene is that it
all happens so fast
Benjamin rushes to the church to save
Elaine from a lifetime of potential
unhappiness
she makes the split-second decision to
leave with him and we race with the
characters as they escape her wedding
and catch a bus just in time where’s the
bus headed where are these characters
headed we don’t know and neither do they
the couple doesn’t talk or even look at
each other it’s nothing but half smiles
and empty gazes into the distance while
they sit in silence though neither
character outwardly admits regret the
music that plays while they think about
their choice implies it hello darkness
my old friend I’ve come to talk with you
again
making this an interesting and
thought-provoking ending left its seeds
while I was sleeping and the vision that
was planted in my brain before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions number one
David shoots his son the mist okay
there’s five this is one of those gut
wrenching scream at the screen moments a
mist has rolled into town and with it
it’s brought otherworldly tentacled
monsters
deciding that death by gun is better
than death by monster
David Drayton puts his fellow survivors
out of their misery including his own
eight-year-old son as the four gunshot
sound we reluctantly agree that David’s
choice to save his son from the unknown
horrors of the Mist
was the right one unfortunately he’s
left without a bullet for himself so
David is left alone with his decision he
leaves the car emerges into the quiet
gray surroundings and we expect for him
to be snatched up by the mist but David
Drayton finds something even worse
rescue was just seconds away
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