Movie Maker Windows Essentials

Why is Movie maker in Windows Essentials missing some great features from Photo Story 3? Some good ones I would like to see in the next Microsoft Essentials update is, the ability to remove black borders from portrait images when making a Slideshow. Some have said you show crop the photo Landscape, but you just can create the correct effect that way. Eg You want to pan upwards from the bottom of your portrait picture. Also the ability to draw in the position of the start and end boxes when you pan & zoom. Am I the only one that really wishes Microsoft fixes this. Tell me if there are other features that would be great to have.