Now that Wonder Woman 1984 has arrived, let's reassess our personal rankings of the DCCU -- sorry, I'm not using DC Extended Universe as it was never an official term within Warners.
However, Toby Emmerich has just used the term "DC Cinematic Universe" in his PR release about Walter Hamada extending his contract. That's good enough for me, and as close as we've gotten to an official label.
Originally Posted by Toby Emmerich
Anyway, now that 2020 is over, and we can look back on the DCCU output so far, it's a good time to rethink things. Maybe some movies have grown on you over time. Maybe some movies have dropped in your estimation once the newness of them wore off.
For me, as I've said before in other threads, I think if you consider the DC films in 2 separate buckets -- the solo movies and the teamup movies -- things aren't as dire as its detractors say. I've thought, until WW84, that the solo movies have all been good to great, but the teamup movies have had their problems -- largely due to studio interference in most of them.
So, here's my rankings:
Solos:
1. Man of Steel - A-
2. Wonder Woman - A-
3. Aquaman - A-
4. Shazam - A-
5. Joker - A-
6. Wonder Woman 1984 - B-
Teamups:
1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - B+
2. Suicide Squad - B
3. Justice League - C
4. Brids of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) - C
For movies that have the same grade, there are still differences in my enjoyment level, so the ordered list represents how I prefer one over the other.
What are your rankings? You don't have to separate solos and teamups if that's now how your personal rankings work.
And, yeah, I know Joker isn't part of the "universe," but I'm counting all DC films since Man of Steel.