Villains of Summer!

The bad guys have taken over the box office! As Loki looks to serve his brother, Thor, up to the goddess of the dead in the film that kicked off the summer it made the statement, ‘villains make the movie.’ You can look at this summer’s list of movies and if you like the villain or really hate him then you’ll probably like the movie.



I’m impressed with the line up of summer movies and the bad guys lined up to take shots at the good guys. Whether that’s from something for the kids with, Lord Shen in ‘Kung Fu Panda’ to a serious drama with Uday Hussein in ‘The Devils Double,’ and back again to the special effects extravaganza of Lord Voldemort in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.’ These bad guys are what makes a movie SOMETHING!

But it doesn’t do much for us the hotel. Could you imagine coming your favorite hotel only to find out that Freddy the gloved knife-wielding front desk agent took your luggage and hid it away from you. Maybe that’s not so bad because Freddy always hides everything in the boiler room.

Then there’s Jason the masked maintenance guy who got your thermostat stuck at 90 degrees and the only tool he brought to fix it was a machete. You know how hard it is to press those tiny buttons with a machete not to mention the mud those big boots of his tracks in.

Let’s not forget the self-conscious, scared of her shadow but don’t make her mad, housekeeper Carrie. Somehow she can vacuum, mop, and clean the bathroom by just staring intently at your room. It’s just when you ask for extra towels that things go wrong.


All these villains don’t add up to a comfortable stay for you here at Courtyard by Marriott in Pasadena but don’t worry there are no villains here. And maybe after your stay here you might even have a new hero or two for your summer travels!