Joss Whedon admits that his action epic The Avengers could have been better. The superhero movie, based on the Marvel Comics, is the third highest grossing film of all time with a worldwide gross of $1.5 billion, which was buoyed by strong reviews. “When I think of a great film, I think of something that’s either structured so perfectly like The Matrix or made so lovingly like The Godfather Part II,” Whedon said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “There was haphazardness in the way it comes together — not just the people, but the scenes. I don’t think you’d look at it and go, ‘This is a model of perfect structure.’ You’d go, ‘This is working.'” Despite his apprehension, Whedon insists the final product wasn’t a failure. “I like it. I’m proud of it and I like its imperfections. The thing I cared most about — making a summer movie like the ones from my childhood — is the thing that I pulled off.” He will direct the much-anticipated sequel to the superhero epic, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which is due for release in 2015, and he hopes to up the ante. “I want to be clearer about how I engage the audience, and where I take them,” he said. “I want more control visually, more time to prep it. Not that I didn’t dictate every shot — I did. But there’s only so much you can do when you’re making a summer film when the ball is already rolling as fast as it was when I got in. Why do it again if you can’t do it better?” Joss Whedon’s newest television series, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, premiered earlier this this week and became the most watched show on the ABC network in four years. ~Raj-Kabir Birk