Incredibly frustrated with iMovie 10's user hostile interface.

Question

Most people just want to import video, cut it and share it. Yet sometimes it seems these are the hardest things.
I had a company digitize some VHS and mini DV tapes. So I have very large .MOV files on a hard drive. Each tape has maybe a half-dozen stretches of video I want to separate into new events. Can I pull up this hour long video and clip it at a point like a scissor and move it into an event folder? NO.
The bigger question. WHY NOT?
I attempt to select a length of video then. and drag that to a new event. NO. The entire tape's worth of video is moved. Undo, try again. NOPE. Same. Takes forever to scroll and get the part I want.
Can I zoom out to better navigate such a long piece of video? NO.
It's like the interface designer is a sadistic monster into torturing users.
Look, I realize (and sincerely hope) some of you will explain what's going on. But really, iMovie should be for beginners. The simplest things should be EASY TO DISCOVER AND ACCOMPLISH.

Answer 1

I appreciate the thoughts Karsten.
from Apple's iMovie page
"A major prodution. Without the major production."
"Simple navigation makes it easy to browse your video library."
"Rated S for simple."
"It’s never been easier to make it in the movies."
I'm irritated by the fact that I have to go to Youtube to figure out how to use iMovie. No one ever needed to show me how to use Quicktime Pro 7-- what a useful tool that was, though not a replacement for iMovie, of course.
"a productive tool is no game - so discovering' features is most probably the wrong attempt. Spend some time reading the Manual "
Jonathan Ive and I take issue with that statement. Apple aims to design products to delight users and be easily discoverable. It's EXACTLY what they aim for in their apps.
excerpt from Apple's OS X Human Interface Guidelines.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/ AppleHIGuidelines/OSXHIGuidelines.pdf
"...you should support the user’s mental model by striving to incorporate the following characteristics:
Familiarity.
Simplicity.
Availability.
     "An uncluttered user interface is essential, but the availability of certain key features and settings the user needs is equally so. Avoid hiding such components too deeply in submenus or making them accessible only from a contextual menu."
Discoverability.
     "Encourage your users to discover functionality by providing cues about how to use user interface elements. If an element is clickable, for example, it must appear that way, or a user may never try clicking it. [...] avoid making controls invisible to inexperienced users.
     Well-designed toolbar icons make the commands they portray recognizable to users. This familiarity gives users the confidence to explore the functionality of a new app.
Don’t discourage discovery by making actions difficult to reverse or recover from. For more information on this, see “Forgiveness”