Thor Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 are interchangeable

Rating: Null/10 (8 December 2017)

I liked the first Thor movie probably more than others. I think all actors did a great job, and the introduction of Thor and Loki was very well done. Despite being a mess Thor The Dark World had some good moments between Thor and Loki as well. Thor Ragnarok has been praised by many for being the best of the three Thor films. Unfortunately I am not one of those who enjoyed the film.
I watched Thor Ragnarok in theater before I watched GOTG2 on Netflix. The countless jokes especially the middle section lost me with its kindergarten level back and forth between Thor and Hulk and Thor and Korg. I went back to watch the film again just to make sure it wasn't me being tired or not paying attention the first time. My impression remains the same: Nothing of significance happens for an hour in the middle of the movie. It's just Thor and Hulk and Korg and others being childish and foolish and obnoxious and talking nonsense. Any quiet/emotional moment, there might be only two in the whole film, between Thor and Loki, is either interrupted or followed by a lame joke. Even the destruction of Asgard is followed by a joke. The result is that not only could I not root for any of the characters, even those I previously cared about, I now deeply resent this "refurbished" Thor, and would definitely not watch any future solo Thor outings, if there is any, hopefully no more. Not mentioning I couldn't care for the plot, story, Asgard getting destroyed. If these Asgardians get wiped out in Avengers Infinity War, as suggested in the new IW trailer, I won't care either. Thor might very well make another joke about it and all is well.
What makes matters worse is that I watched GOTG2 the other day on Netflix. I missed GOTG2 in theaters because I wasn't a big fan of the first one. It's disturbing to me how similar the movie is to Thor Ragnarok. Nothing important happens in the movie. Everybody is super jokey. Father issues. There are massacres of faceless people in the most "glorious" fashion (Yondu/Valkyrie). A villain gets his/her power from a planet (Ego/Hela)and loses when said planet is destroyed. Sibling rivalry, reconciliation and oh a hug at the end, one shown one not shown. Last but not least, atrocious editing. It became clear to me Thor Ragnarok copied a lot from GOTG2, as GOTG2 came out first and Thor Ragnarok had major reshoots two months after GOTG2's cinema debut, I could swear many things were added hastily during Thor reshoot just because they sorta worked in GOTG2.
There are some minor differences between the two movies: GOTG2 made some efforts in making certain scenes emotional. Didn't work all the time but at least it tried. Thor Ragnarok did not even make any attempt to do so. GOTG2 has poorer jokes, because everybody is screaming at the top of their lungs. Thor Ragnarok does a bit better in the jokes department, not because the jokes themselves are any better, but because actors are not screaming all the time. Thor Ragnarok has better actors (Ruffalo/Hiddleston/Blanchett), GOTG2 has better cinematography. In the end, the two films are so similar now I cannot tell apart Star Lord from Thor. In fact, I cannot tell Thor apart from Spider-Man either, since I saw Spider-Man Homecoming after seeing Thor Ragnarok as well and Thor and Spider-Man appear to be of same mental age and have exactly the same speech patterns. So good job, Marvel. Thanks a lot for saving me from any anguish contemplating how everything will turn out in a future Marvel film. Next time a Marvel film comes out, I already know what is going to happen in the movie. It's Thor/Star Lord/Spider-Man/their clones joking their way through the whole movie while the world crumbles around them, since they don't care, why should I?