So after a long period of unpublished writing and the odd conceptual scribble, i've found something i want to do.
If anyone can help me find or can recommend a decent 3D modeling app, i would mentally worship the ground you walk on.

Price is an object, and so is ability.
I want something that can make movies and (of cuorse) will allow me to create my own models.

I'll be doing lots of game modding, too, so please let me know if there are some sorts of file sets or types hat won't be compatible with Halo 2 Vista models. My main focus is gonna be just taking environments and models from games and organising them the way I want (maybe making movies, epic battle images)

This is irrelevant to the *help* message:
I've always wanted an enormous battle with Unggoy charging as cannon fodder for real, sort of like the fight scene in the Halo Wars trailer

I also would like something powerful that i won't have to go to school for three years to figure out (I'm a beginner)

I hope that's not too picky, and thanks in advance if anyone can help!