To be fair, no computer game to date has implemented a balanced and/or even remotely realistic theft system — not even the Thief games, although they come pretty close, since the entire game revolves around committing theft.
As far as perfectionism... I'm a perfectionist myself, but in my mind saving and reloading continually to essentially bypass your character's terrible skill level in Steal is blatant cheating. You might as well create a mod that lets you steal whatever you want from anyone without any consequences whatsoever.
I guess my brand of perfectionism includes "don't cheat or exploit" as part of the bargain. In Knights of the Old Republic, you could save and load before every Pazaak game, too, and essentially win every single match. Saving and reloading while stealing follows the same principle.
You miss someone with your pistol? Consequence: You'll have to take another shot at them, and maybe use a stimpak later, since maybe they didn't miss when they shot at you. Fail a Steal attempt? An entire town hates you, no second tries.
It's out of whack, but it is what it is. This really isn't the most appropriate place for an in-depth conversation like this, though, so I'll shaddap now.
Do you think there's any chance some people with the neccessart talent would ever fill in the gaps for the missing movies? 
But THEN AGAIN, I'm getting a year long course on computer animation in school this year, so you never know 
