Recently, I decided to create a source of opportunity for myself. Seeing as success and jobs and such were not coming to bang down my door with flowers and giant checks, I entered into a long-term investment opportunity.
Yesterday, I rented King Kong.
I borrowed this film from my local cinematic investment broker(Hollywood Video on 7th and Euclid, the hub of such activity in the Long Beach area), and I must say that so far, I am a little worried this investment will not pay off.
Seeing as this is a temporary investment, something I must return at a pre-determined date, set by said investment broker, I can only speculate (in the parlance of Wall Street) that my dividends will be extended to me down the line. Perhaps there is an equation that Prof. Demitriou did not teach me in Economics; an algorithm that Brian Leung, our local genius, wunder-kid, couldn't balance; is it possible that this investment may not work out for me?
I mean, I've already invested two hours of my life over two nights and I'm only about sixty percent finished with this investment.
There is also the question as to how said dividends will present themselves. Could it be that Peter Jackson will pay me for my time, because let me tell you- after finishing this movie, my hourly rate is going through the roof. Perhaps WETA workshop, who created (besides the entire movie) King Kong himself, will use their powerful computers and New Zealand charm to create three beautifully rendered hours to replace the ones that I have invested?
All these questions are unclear to me, but as a dedicated investor, I'm not worried about the outcome. You would think I would have learned my lesson after investing 7 hours in the last two Lord of the Rings movies, but faith knows no bounds, and I'm sure Peter Jackson (or one of his six thousand children) is keeping track of my bill (which incidentally rounds out to about 10 HOURS).
To clarify, I'm not demanding the time back per se; I just feel that as an investor in this movie, chronologically(if you take my meaning), I feel that my investment should be repaid. Preferably with interest.
My investment must be returned to the library of cinematic investments by midnight on Sunday, at which time I hope to have finished this giant monkey of a movie.
Has anyone made errors in their investments recently? (I'm looking at you, X-Men 3) or am I in the wrong here...?
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