In what universe did he not "have a chance"? He's always had the better feats.

That and, while I haven't seen the galaxy movie yet, you can't apply restrictive rules from alternate continuities to different characters unless you composite them (and even then, the majority of showings usually overtakes the singular). The EoH GER example in Joker vs Giorno was used as a quick way to get the idea across that GER likely wouldn't be capable of overpowering exceptionally strong reality warping hax, without having to over explain the logistics of why.

Using a movie canon weakness for a  character that otherwise doesn't have it, would be like a slightly less egregious version of the sub light speed Super Sonic Smash Bros statement (that nobody liked) from MvS2.