The Movies - Take Two (Edited)

Okay, after playing with the SIMS for a bit and finding myself bored, I chose to buy The Movies, which is another simulation software but infinitely more entertaining. But for some reason after I installed the software onto my PC it would not load with the original disc. I tried uninstalling and installing it several times to no avail. I managed to be able to install it onto my laptop and open it up though. I have been mucking with it for the past week or so but can't seem to access the advanced movie making menu the manual tells me about. I am thinking maybe my package was corrupted somehow and am going to exchange it this week at BestBuy because I think I could actually use some screen captures from this for my movie. I am wondering though if anyone else has used this software and had similar experiences to help me troubleshoot before I exchange it.

Thanks.

Here's the edit.....Thanks to Michele for the info re: advanced scripting in The Movies. Tonight I reached that level. Woohoo!!!!