what does she do that's smart? she's just pretty much a bitch to cinderella the whole movie

^^She locks Cinderella in her room.

does it really take a lot of brains to lock someone in a room?

Mother Gothel was able to fool Rapunzel for years and double cross the Stabbington Brothers.

^Well, Lady Tremaine did figure out that Cinderella was the girl at the ball.

I find the remaining, four female villains more intelligent.

He should have been the first one out. Historically, the Huns were incredibly stupid and barbaric.

^So you're saying that one whole nation was stupid? Yeah, they just conquered half of the world and destroyed Roman empire

Anyways, she does nothing, but absloutely nothing smart

Yes, I am. But they can hardly be considered a nation. More like a bunch of uncivilized tribes, hence the name "barbarians". They were nomadic; they didn't belong to one specific nation. They did destroy the Roman empire, but they did it out of brute strength. Barbarians weren't intelligent at all and had no idea how to even use a fork and knife. They were so incredibly stupid, that they're way of telling if someone was guilty or not was placing his hand in boiling water and if it burned, he was guilty. They even slashed their own faces and bound their noses flat to make themselves seem more formidable.
Ok, I pay WAY too much attention in Church History class.

I actually think Mother Gothel is pretty smart.