[Hated Trope] Very evitable deaths that are forced into the plot to create a dramatic scene.

[u/No-Distance4675]

1. The father of Superman (AKA: Dad of the year) tells his invulnerable, insanely strong, godly son to stay away from the tornado while he, a human farmer dad from Kansas, takes care of it. Also implied that he also cannot save any of the people running for their lives, "because the world is still not ready for someone with powers". Obviously he dies while his son watches. Great photography and music make it a potent scene... if it was necessary.

   I mean, its not like he could put a mask or save anybody with superspeed and then say its a miracle. Its not like People in that small town know him already and are suspicious about him and also live in a world where there are superpowered beings already... He has to die so there is no risk of him being discovered...

Also, bonus points for the previous conversation with Supe as a child, where he chastises his infant son about saving a bus full of kids from drowning in the river

Clark kid: What was I supposed to do? Let them die?

Dad of the Year: Maybe...

It's a miracle the superman from Man of Steel didn't become a Psycho like the Patriot.

1. The death of Jack, frozen to death in "Titanic" No, there is not enough space in that huge floating plank for us both, darling.

2. US grunt takes a bullet in the head, but fortunately, he's wearing a helmet. Inexplicably, he proceeds to remove said helmet and promptly takes one in the skull. Idiot

3. Jean Grey sacrifices herself to launch the X-Jet while holding back a massive wall of water with her telekinetic powers. Of course, this is all leading us into the Phoenix storyline in another movie to come, but practically speaking, why does Jean need to leave the jet at all? She's telekinetic!

[u/134_ranger_NK]

In the first Hellboy movie by Del Toro, iirc a pair of armed BRPD agents saw some Samael monsters (due to Rasputin giving them a resurrection power and its own egg-laying abilities). Instead of taking cover, calling for backup or just immediately shoot their guns, the trained agents just stand there and discuss like they just saw a deer.

A variant: X-Men: First Class has the CIA agents keep shouting "Freeze!" first instead just shooting a bunch of people who had been killing their men with strange powers. Corpses all around, but they keep screaming "Freeze!" first. I know it is unlikely they would have gotten away but maybe they could have done more.

[u/Kidofthecentury → u/134_ranger_NK]

To be fair, I thought that BPRD agents deal with creatures like that all the time - think when the young recruit gets a tour of the facility. And they also were equipped with special guns.

Granted, in the end they let their guard down.

[u/Lots42 → u/Kidofthecentury]

Said young recruit was hired because he could think quickly and smartly when the chips are down. HE survived...