Yes, the animation control in the video is much better.  I think you can go a long way with the morphbrush when you add more morphs (and some improvement in the tool) but it won't be as flexible as in that video. But I think you can only achieve that with improvements in both the program and in the rigging of the figure.

I saw the video a couple of weeks ago and was impressed as well and I tried out the face room and morph brush on how far you can go with the existing tools.

But the video shows a good example of what can be achieved with improvements in tools and rigging