"Cut! That was perfect!"

Give TIM BURTON credit: He could make a "feel-good" film about a man perceived as "THE WORST MOVIE DIRECTOR IN CINEMA HISTORY."
I watched "ED WOOD" on DVD last night.
As portrayed by JOHNNY DEPP -- possibly the most courageous actor of my generation -- Wood isn't really the worst movie director, but he might be the NICEST. Too nice, in fact, to make the decisions that could have improved his films and too loyal to abandon his friends for more talented actors.
"Ed Wood" is also about the importance of following your muse.
As an ORSON WELLES fan, I cheered the advice Welles gives to Wood:
"Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?"
That advice might not work for most people in the practical world, but the arts have rarely been practical.
I also love this scene from the filming of "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE:"
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: And cut! Print. We're moving on. That was perfect.
Ed Reynolds: Perfect? Mr. Wood, do you know anything about the art of film production?
Wood: Well, I like to think so.
Reynolds: That cardboard headstone tipped over. This graveyard is obviously phony.
Wood: Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.
Reynolds: The big picture?
Wood: Yes.
Reynolds: Then how 'bout when the policemen arrived in daylight, but now it's suddenly night?
Wood: What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?
My thoughts exactly.