Chris Pratt Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked"-where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted related accolades. This week, I'm profiling the work of Chris Pratt-whose latest project "The Tomorrow War" starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

Chris Pratt's Filmography Ranked:

20.What's Your Number? (D-)

19.Movie 43 (D)

18.Passengers (C)

17.Take Me Home Tonight (C)

16.Onward (C)

15.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 (C+)

14.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (C+)

13.Delivery Man (B-)

12.The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (B)

11.The Five-Year Engagement (B)

10.Zero Dark Thirty (B)

9.Jurassic World (B)

8.The Lego Movie (B+)

7.Her (B+)

6.Avengers: Endgame (A-)

5.The Magnificent Seven (A)

4.Wanted (A)

3.Guardians of the Galaxy (A)

2.Moneyball (A)

1.Avengers: Infinity War (A)

Top Dog: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

The MCU is such a carefully calculated behemoth of an entity that when they divert even a little bit off their established course, the results can be very exciting. Infinity War introduced something that our titular team had never faced in any of their past missions: the real prospect of not being able to save the day. Thanos possessed a level of power courtesy of the Infinity Stones that exceed all of theirs combined and the escalating sense of impending doom that comes with them being on the wrong side of a battle for once made this an unbelievably engrossing film that's worthy of its epic billing.

Lowlight: What's Your Number? (2011)

It takes a special kind of shit movie to cancel out the talent/charm of Anna Farris, Chris Evans, Pratt, Andy Samberg and several other great performers. What's Your Number? is the kind of tacky, joyless trash that soils the entire reputation of the romantic comedy genre by assaulting the audience with lazy jokes and some stunningly regressive views towards sex and love for a film that is just shy of 10 years old.    

Most Underrated: Wanted (2008)

Wanted may not be as delightfully unhinged and darkly funny as something like Crank or Shoot' Em Up, but it's still an elite piece of cartoony action madness that rides its combination of stylized bloody shootouts, explosive car chases and self-aware overacting from huge stars (James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman) to B-movie glory.

Most Overrated: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

The biggest letdown in recent Marvel history also happens to be the most shocking failure they've ever churned out. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a party comparable to the first installment when it sticks to what it does best: let its lovable goofball characters riff and engage in some fun fight scenes. However, James Gunn for some reason decided to spend more time exploring themes of family, and it results in a whole lot of forced melodrama that completely clashes with and takes away from its proven lighthearted strengths.    

Top Contender for the Crown of the Most Mediocre Movie I've Ever Seen: Passengers (2016)

A part romance, part sci-fi blockbuster starring two of the most charismatic actors (Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence) working today shouldn't have been so god damn mid. Passengers kind of just aimlessly floats for roughly 2 hours, treating everything from the burgeoning romance between its lead characters to the sci-fi peril that could potentially kill them and the other people on the spacecraft that they're traveling on with stunning indifference.