Professionalism and arrogance don't match

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2012)

I merely wish to state the main point that Ed Wood makes for me, one which I haven't seen in any of the reviews so far. Ed was very enthusiastic and did most of the things right that you have to do in order to get movies made - he was enthusiastic, he knew how to communicate his fervour, he was an entrepreneur, he was ruthless and, most importantly, he believed in himself.
But that is not enough. As we see numerous times during the movie, while Ed is enthusiastic, he hasn't a drip of professional film-making professionalism in him. He shows no regard at all for staging, for outside (wanted) criticism, for the importance of multiple takes, for attention to detail.
Passionate as he was, Ed was arrogant about his own abilities as a filmmaker. That was why he failed. This was the stark but rewarding truth the film left me with. Wonderful.