Tomorrow marks the release of SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD in 4D. The fourth dimension is actually smell, not another whole dimension. So yes, if desired you can watch the movie in “Aroma-Scope”, where the audience is given a card with eight different smells, and when the number flashes on the screen, you scratch that number on the card and sniff. The scent will correspond to a scene in the film, and the audience is supposed to be completely submerged into the smell! Weird, right?
In honor of the smell-o-vision, we’ve recounted some movies from overtime that we wish we could smell….
MONTE CARLO – With so many scenes about luxury and gourmet food, the smell could almost be a form of torture.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS – Could you imagine standing downwind from a freakishly large pizza?
MARIE ANTOINETTE – The only reason this film made the list is because of the montage of lavish, Parisian deserts that takes up 5 minutes of the whole movie. Aside from that scene, it’d be cut since deodorant wasn’t around in the 1700’s.
RATATOUILLE –This entire film would literally be the smell of broth and meat cooking for an hour and a half straight (or however long RATATOUILLE is).
WILLIE WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY – While gourmet food is great to smell, it will always take the back burner to the smell of candy and chocolate. Also, we’re genuinely curious as to what an oompa loompa would smell like.