History VideoGame / TheMovies

Some criticisms of ''The Movies'' are that the simulation and tycoon elements never come together, that the simulation has too many responsibilities for the player, and that there aren't enough scenes and costumes to make varied movies. Recently, the online component has been dropped, and Lionhead will no longer be hosting movies on its Web site. Fortunately, there are plenty of fan sites where you can still upload movies, such as [[http://www.tmunderground.com/index.php The Movies Underground]], as well as Website/YouTube.

* BuxomIsBetter: And the bigger the chest of your actress, the bigger the payday... heck, you can ''force them to plastic surgery'' to get their jugs bigger. For profit.
* CommandAndConquerEconomy

* ProductPlacement: There's a billboard outside your movie lot that shows period-correct ads for Chrysler, Motorola and ATI, as well as the The Hollywood Reporter. Most of the cars you can purchase as decoration are real Chrysler models.

** Several of the sci-fi costumes resemble [[StarWars Darth Vader and Imperial Stormtroopers.]]

There is also an ExpansionPack called ''Stunts and Effects'', which adds new special effects, scenes, costumes and sets to use in your movies. The biggest reason to get it, though, is that it allows you to control the camera angles in your movie, which greatly adds to the variety of shots you can get in your film. Sadly, said expansion pack was only released in several markets, notably the Asia-Pacific region, due to Microsoft buying out Lionhead Studios before it can be released elsewhere.

* WideOpenSandbox: There is a sandbox mode which allows you to choose your starting year, your starting budget (from $100,000 to $100 million) and has options you can choose to make the game easier. However, the years you can select and the items that are available to you in this mode have to be unlocked in the story mode, although manually modifying the unlocking.ini file can also do the job.