HT1338 No themes available in iMovie with new Macbook Pro

I just bought a new Macbook Pro today and I'm trying to make a movie with iMovie but none of the project themes are available.  When I go to File, Project themes is light gray and can't be selected.  Likewise, when I click the "T" icon, it says "no themes."  It's as if I'm missing the folder of project themes completely.  Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!

Thank you for your clear answer! All the answers from Google I found apparently came from people that purchased Mountain Lion from the App Store instead of having it pre-installed, which got me confused.
I purchased the Macbook new from an authorised reseller, not directly from an Apple Store. However the store is pretty big and common in Holland (www.dixons.nl) so that won't be an issue.
So you're saying I can simple put the SSD in, boot with command+R while being connected to the internet and install through the recovery partition directly of the internet.
Seems like a very easy system, I guess i'm just used to old fashion having the operating system on an external drive or cd in order to make a clean install.
*Will it be a problem to leave the original HDD in alongside with the new SSD? I guess in the boot menu you can choose what to do with each drive?
I will be using the original 500gig HDD for storage, simply installing the SSD in order to boost he performance of the Macbook.

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