Aladin [1993] & The 420 Awards [2020]

We started our evening with "Aladin," a Dingo Pictures production. We previously watched their version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" so we figured this would be a pretty good time, and we were right. 

It seemed to follow the "Arabian Nights" plot more than the Disney movie. It starts with a wizard claiming to be Aladin's uncle. It turns out he was lying to use Aladin to go find some gold for him (or magic fruit or diamonds or something). Aladin finds a genie in a ring and a magic lamp genie too. We get some random subplot about a snake owner and a monkey owner who are mad at each other throughout. Next we are introduced to the princess whose dad, the Sultan, will kill anyone who sees her. Aladin sneaks in to see her and offers his treasure, but she's going to marry some other guy. The Sultan sets the dowry at an absurdly high price but before Aladin can pay it, the wizard steals the palace with the princess in it and moves it to his place in Africa using the magic lamp that he managed to get back. Aladin asks the genie in his ring for help and gets a magic carpet to get rescue her. Aladin poisons the wizard and they return safely.

Overall, we had a lot of laughs. The voice acting was especially bad, worse than "Hunchback," and we could even hear mic bumps and the pages of scripts in the background. There were a few songs too that were mostly if not all in German because they didn't bother to translate them. The animation, as expected, was really terrible, so terrible that sometimes it was hard to follow because of how rarely the dialogue matched the scenes. We really needed Sarah, plot follower, to help us get through this. We definitely recommend it but it may be a little too frustrating to watch a second time.

Spoon Rating: 7

After "Aladin," we watched the second annual "420 Awards," Derek Savage's celebration of his own personal triumphs while he mangles people's names and acts like he's famous. With the pandemic, he was unable to invite a bunch of untalented comedians and rejected birthday party entertainers to pad out the run time. Instead the awards were intercut with a dude in PPE dancing, that same dude dancing dressed as a large joint, Savage shooting coronavirus with "Birdemic" level graphics, and a joke about him having coronavirus from drinking Corona beers. All the awards not given to Savage himself (get gave himself two this year) were accepted by PPE man while Savage claimed he was famous people. This joke never seemed to stop amusing him. In terms of notable mistakes, he mixed up Zendaya and Haliee Steinfield during the "Favorite Hottest Actress" category and most notably called "The Big Lebowski" "The Big Lewinsky" and later announced it as "The Big Lebwisky." Here's hoping there's more to the third annual awards, which will surely happen so Savage can give himself three awards this time.

Spoon Rating: 6