I kind of agree with that. But this was needed to help Nami"s arc. I think they made a tough choice here.
It's kinda rough for Sanji fans tbh.
Sanji is the character introduced in the second half, we already had 4 episodes with Nami.
and then they cut Sanji's biggest moments from his own arc, to help her character?
Nami was already strong as a character as she was, before the Baratie, in the live action imo.
Nami's story in the first 4 episodes is better than the manga / anime imo. She gets to fight more, she gets to be smarter and do more shit.
She didn't need anything else to already be a great character.
Sanji felt lacking for it.