Kevinpiatt,
How do you turn off the intro movie. I try the escape key & does nothing. Thanks for any help.
In order to disable the intro movie, you must edit the "UserSettings.ini" file in "C:\Users\%User Name%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5"
First: back-up your ini file. I always create my back-ups by creating a copy and changing one of the copy's file type to ".old".
Second: open the ini file with a text editor such as Notepad. Within the file you will find the line: SkipIntroVideo = 0. Change the "0" to a "1" and save the file.
The game will now start without any part of the introduction. That said, the game does still need the load time, so be prepared to look at a black screen for a short while... my goes black for about fifteen seconds or so before the games initial menu is available. Hope that helps.