Joss Whedon’s “ranking” of the best films: “Serenity”, “Avengers” or “Justice League”?

Until not so many years ago Joss Whedon (b. 1964) was best known for being his series. Especially thanks to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Firefly (2002-2003) and Shield agents (2013-2020), but also his spin off from the very beginning, Angel (1999–2004) starring the character David Boreanaz and Cordelia Chase, played by Charisma Carpenter; D Doctor Terrible Blog (2008) Dollhouse (2009-2010) and Nevers (since 2021).

However, the New York director started as a screenwriter from rosanna (1988-2018), and he owns the screenplay for the film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui (1992), on which Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buffy Summers series is based, part history of toys (1995), for which he received his only Oscar nomination, for Alien: Resurrection (1997), the one from Titan AE (2000) six hands, the one with Shed in a woods (2011) with Drew Goddard and In your eyes (2014).

In addition, he wrote five feature films he has made; and comics from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, tranquility D Doctor Terrible Blogfor which he received an Emmy Award, and others from Marvel about the X-Men, Spider-Man and Runaways and Batman and Superman. However, we don’t know his creative future after allegations of workplace harassment by translators Ray Fisher, Gal Gadot and Charisma Carpenter between July 2020 and February 2021.

The opinion of profile critics on the work of Joss Whedon as a director

The numbers indicated in the section rotten tomatoes for critics, they are as follows in terms of Joss Whedon’s films, ranking them from best to worst:

1. Avengers (2012): GPA 8.1 out of 10 in 363 reviews.
2. Much ado about nothing (2012): average 7.6 in 176 reviews.
3. tranquility (2005): average 7.2 in 187 reviews.
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): average 6.8 in 376 reviews.
5. Justice League (2017): average 5.3 in 408 reviews.

Moviegoers Opinion Rotten Tomatoes

We return to rotten tomatoesbut this time for the first time ranging Joss Whedon movies according to users:

1. Avengers: average score 4.4 out of 5 with over 250,000 votes.
2. tranquility: half 4.3 with over 250,000 votes.
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron: half 4 with over 250,000 votes.
4. Much ado about nothing: half 3.8 with over 25,000 votes.
5. Justice League: half 3.7 with over 100,000 votes.

Opinion of moviegoers IMDb

On the other hand, it is data that you also provide to us. IMDb to public opinion:

1. Avengers: average score 8 out of 10 with 1,351,354 votes.
2. tranquility: half 7.8 with 293,609 votes.
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron: half 7.3 with 829,865 votes.
4. Much ado about nothing: half 7 with 16,637 votes.
5. Justice League: half 6.1 with 440,900 votes.

FilmAffinity, the opinion of moviegoers

And finally, here we have the information that he offers us. FilmAffinity:

1. Avengers: average score 6.9 out of 10 with 80,428 votes.
2. tranquility: half 6.3 with 17,272 votes.
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron: half 6.3 with 45,829 votes.
4. Much ado about nothing: half 6.1 with 1485 votes.
5. Justice League: half 5.3 with 23,077 votes.

Conclusions on the best and worst of Joss Whedon

Perhaps the fact that Joss Whedon has been behind the camera several times, in just five films, makes things easier. Fundamental differences in ratings specialized critics and moviegoers who vote online. But when it comes to other directors with the same resume number, like their compatriots James Gunn or Mel Gibson, things are different.

Either way, there is absolute unanimity on the hard data from Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb and FilmAffinity, for both professional analysts and viewers on all three platforms: Joss Whedon’s best film. this is the one where he united five Marvel superheroes against an alien invasion under the command of Tom Hiddleston’s Loki Avengers.

In addition, for all of them, as the worst cannot be specified otherwise. Justice League. Although he is not listed on IMDb as its director, the truth is that most of the footage belongs to him. The original person in charge was Zack Snyder, who was unable to continue due to the suicide of his daughter Autumn, and released his own version in 2021. Joss Whedon was the screenwriter, and Warner Bros. got him.