You can say that again, especially after the lousy remakes of once excellent movies
“Kingdom of Heaven” -they took an excellent story from history and proceeded to mess it up, make it derivative, and introduce absurd anachronisms. Guy of Lusignon should have been the hero, played by Orlando Bloom, came to the Holy Land - killed some Muslims that he shouldn't have because they were our allies - romanced and won the princess and eventually the throne - listened to religious fanatics instead of good military council - lost the Kingdom of Jerusalem to Saladin. Instead they made a mockery of the actual history and slandered one of the most romantic histories of the Middle Ages.
“John Carter” - they took a very simple story with excellent sci-fi elements - proceeded to complicate it beyond measure - changed what the characters said, what they did, and their motivations for what they did (they put a sword in Dejah Thora’s hand - and made her WEAK! In the story she didn't flee from sacrificing herself for her people, she embraced it - and her father wasn't willing to sell her into sexual slavery - he was willing to see his entire city fall rather than sell his daughter)- then wondered why it FAILED to capture ANY of the Edgar Rice Burroughs magic.