Yes, and I feel no shame about it. Hans Gruber in Die Hard is my forever answer. John McClane is fine, a sweaty man with good instincts, but Hans arrives in a tailored suit, quotes classical literature to hostages, and runs the most organized heist in film history. The man has a plan, a contingency plan, and a contingency for the contingency. Meanwhile the hero’s strategy is mostly crawling through vents and bleeding.

I think we like villains because they have to be competent. A hero can stumble into victory and we call it destiny. A villain who stumbles is just unemployed. Villains also know exactly what they want, which is more than I can say for myself most Tuesdays. They commit. They monologue with conviction. They dress for the job they want, which is usually world domination.

So yes, Hans over McClane. The building blew up, but the suit held its press.