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I think you should work your way up, I did it by first doing a few simple projects with Images and making good looking slideshows on Windows Movie Maker to see how certain effects looked and how to time intro's and outro's with music.
After I was comfortable with WMM I took it a step further and moved on to Sony Vegas, and alternative to Sony Vegas is Corels suite but I prefer Sony Vegas. At first it seemed to be confusing but just looking at a few menu items and messing around with the software I have found it to be extremely easy now as everything you really need to edit with on Sony Vegas is in the context menu (right click) and selecting your options from there.
When your comfortable in Vegas moving on to Adobe Products will be you Biggest leap, but don't forget about Vegas as using Adobe products such as After Effects and Vegas in conjunctions with each other means you will be able to create great looking montages.