Marc Turnes can sometimes be swayed to root for the bad guy in the ongoing battle between good and evil.

Turnes, a computer science major, said a superior film villain should be held in high esteem.

“A good villain is calculating, intelligent and demands respect due to his or her drive for power or by superior intellect and wit if he or she has no desire for power,” he said.

Here are Turnes’ top 10 villains of all time:

10. Agent Smith, “The Matrix” – “It’s not hard to be superior if you were designed by a race of machines that defeated the humans that created them, but Agent Smith one-ups his agent peers by having more hatred, making him a greater villain.”

9. Gozer, “Ghostbusters” – “Okay, Gozer is just plain cool … and remember, when someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES.”

8. Magneto, “X-Men” – “Intelligent, passionate, cold, but with purpose. Magneto is a villain by necessity and perspective, making him a more interesting villain than most.”

7. Emperor Palpatine, “Star Wars” – “No one gets more brutal or more calculating than the Emperor. If you think any differently, you shall pay the price for your lack of vision.”

6. Lex Luthor, “Superman” – “Bald people need to stick together. It’s a shame Lex Luthor didn’t turn his technological prowess to discovering a cure for baldness, but he’s still great.”

5. Alex, “A Clockwork Orange” – “Slicker than Clinton, more violent than Rambo and sharper than a fresh shaving razor. Plus, he uses Russian words as slang, how cool is that?”

4. The Joker, “Batman” – “A villain who can laugh at his failures and put them right is to be commended, insane or not. It’s only a shame he didn’t go nuts sooner, as Jack Napier, he was rubbish!”

3. Hannibal Lecter, “Silence of the Lambs” – “Sick as an Ebola outbreak, but he is socially brilliant – a product of insanity, perhaps – and his playful intellect carves out a unique villainous niche.”

2. Darth Vader, “Star Wars” – “Anakin is as whiny as Luke (must be a Skywalker trait). But screw him up, put him in a cool suit, insert James Earl Jones and a hardcore attitude… come on, it’s Darth Vader, do I really need to explain it?”

1. Sauron, “The Lord of the Rings” – “I think that eye would cause a dead man to wet his pants. There is a reason that Gandalf won’t speak the language of Mordor aloud. Sauron is just that bad.”