“Avengers: Endgame” is almost here, with its sights set on a record-breaking, $300 million opening weekend. Entertainment Weekly recently put out a piece ranking the 21 Marvel Cinematic Universe installments by grade. And in reading it, I noticed something interesting.
Their critics never gave one of these movies a grade higher than an A-. But their critics also never went lower than a C+ on any of the 21 MCU films.
So I went back and looked at my takes on the MCU chapters. I too haven’t gone higher than an A-, but I did give eight out of the 21 films a grade lower than a C+ (or 38% the entire MCU).
Here’s my latest ranking. You’ll agree with me in some cases and vehemently disagree with me on others. But whether you’re an MCU fanatic or not – let’s get one thing straight: They can’t all be masterpieces.
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) A-
“Marvel’s The Avengers” (2012) A-
“Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011) B+
“Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014) B+
“Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) B+
“Captain America: Civil War” (2016) B
“Iron Man 2” (2010) B
“Iron Man” (2008) B
“Iron Man 3” (2013) B-
“Black Panther” (2018) B-
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) C+
“Thor: Ragnarok” (2017) C+
“The Incredible Hulk” (2008) C+
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) C
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) C
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” (2018) C
“Thor” (2011) C
“Thor: The Dark World” (2013) C
“Ant-Man” (2015) C-
“Captain Marvel” (2019) D
“Doctor Strange” (2016) D
AVERAGE GRADE: C+ (6.43 out of 10 Score)