Customer Reviews

Mr. Bean: The Ultimate Collection

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I viewed all the episodes and they seem to be in working order. Glitch free and the picture looked good. Sound was fine. I report this because it seems that a lot of dvd releases of tv shows are done crappily that there are lots of justified complaints.
The extras on the 3rd disc of the tv show series were worth viewing. The documentary about how Mr. Bean started was especially cool to see. **The warning to anyone who would like to know, especially maybe for parents, is that the documentary has shots of female frontal nudity that come up without warning.** That footage is from an opening from a comedy series Rowan was a part of in his earlier career. Thought I'd mention it since no other reviewer commented on this. And no, I don't need someone getting smart at me about how other countries are liberal with their tv programming and nudity. I know. I just didn't expect that material on a Mr. Bean dvd set and thought others might like to know.

"Mr. Bean: The Ultimate Collection" is a seven-disc box set featuring the antics of Rowan Atkinson's alter- ego, the long-legged, goofy-looking guy who manages to create comic mayhem wherever he goes. Mr. Bean, whom Atkinson describes as a child in a grown man's body, was created when Atkinson was a student at Oxford University. Borrowing from silent film techniques, Bean never speaks, relying instead on facial expressions, sight gags, and slapstick to milk laughs. Atkinson is Chaplinesque in the way he sets up gags, plants them, and then illustrates his mortification at how badly things have gone. We feel sorry for his sad-sack ineptness, but still manage to laugh at his constant penchant for getting into awkward, frequently embarrassing fixes. I was reminded of Buster Keaton and even Lucille Ball, two folks who knew how to incorporate and use props comically. Atkinson cites Jacques Tati's earlier character, Mr. Hulot, as another influence.
The box set contains all fourteen episodes of the original series and the two feature films, "Bean: The Movie" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday." In addition, the set contains the animated series "It's Not Easy Being Bean" and "Bean There, Done That."
Bonus features include deleted scenes, never-before-seen-on-TV sketches, the documentary "The Story of Bean," the 20-minute featurette "Making of the Animated Series, a music video, and French versions of the feature films.

I have always enjoyed Mr. Bean and so and happy to have the collection. I was only disappointed with this set in that Mr. Beans Holiday was only the standard screen version, not the widescreen. Mr. Bean the Movie has both versions, it seems rediculous not to do the same with Mr. Beans Holiday.

We love the broad humor of the Bean series. It's great to have it all in digital format finally. (We recorded them in the past on VHS.) Something to watch and laugh with over and over.

A&E strikes again my editing the classic episodes. Why? I would gladly pay extra for the additional DVD's if I could get the unedited versions. Not recommended.

All of Mr. Bean in one place + the two movies. A little disappointed on Beans Holiday. The standard screen edition is the only format. On the 1st movie you can watch either.

If you have any of the following skip it

Mr. Bean - The Whole Bean (Complete Set) ( I didn't have this but disc 1-3 on The Ultimate Collection appear to be this judging by the menu in which Mr. bean is poping out of a can that has The Whole Bean writen on the bottom) disc 1-3

Mr. Bean The Animated Series, Vols. 1 & 2 (It's Not Easy Being Bean / Bean There Done That) disc 4-5

Bean: The Movie disc 6

Mr. Bean's Holiday (Widescreen Edition) disc 7

I gave it 4 stars because I love Mr. Bean and since I didn't have any of this because I skipped The Whole Bean because of it missing scenes ( but I guess I got it anyway )

Special Features are as follows

-Mr. Bean: Volume 1-3(only the volume 3 disc has special features)
The Story Of Mr. Bean-A Forty Minute Documentary Of Mr. Bean
Never-Before-Seen-On-TV Sketches:
*Bus Stop
*Library
Comic Relief Skits:
* Blind Date
* Torvill & Bean
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series Trailer
Photo Gallery
Rowan Atkinson Biography & Filmography
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection

-Mr. Bean: The Animated Series - It's Not Easy Being Bean

Mr. Bean: The Animated Series Trailer
Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean Trailer
Photo Gallery
Rowan Atkinson Biography/Filmography

-Mr. Bean: The Animated Series - Bean There, Done That

20-Minute "Making-Of" Featurette

-Bean: The Movie

Film and Cast Biographies
Theatrical Trailers
OMC "I Love LA" Music Video

-Mr. Bean's Holiday

Deleted Scenes
French Beans
Beans in Cannes
The Human Bean

and finally in response to the review and questions i have seen on here

hate to be the bearer of bad news so far it appears that it is the edited ver. even more so it looks to me as the set is a rehash the seven disc break down like this Mr. bean: vol 1,2,3 ( 3 discs ( thats the t.v. series ( looks to be the the whole bean because of the menus ),then you have bean: the movie( 1 disc ), Mr. bean's holiday( 1 disc ), then you have two disc from the animated series bean there, done that ( 1 disc ) and it's not easy being bean ( 1 disc ) so far I watched some of this the main missing scenes that people talked about from the whole bean being missing are m.i.a here too where he fights with the old lady over the chair in "do-it yourself" and where he guess the weight of the turkey in "merry Christmas"

***Edit to point to the act that is rehash ever more so is vol 1-3 on this set have the same error in the order of episodes as The Whole Bean i am 99.9% sure that it is the whole bean but since I have never seen hat set myself I am still 00.1% not sure

I love Mr. Bean, I have seen all series of Mr. Bean on PBS
and I have seen all of his movies and I love him, and I am
81 years old. I love to watch them with my grandkids.

Waw, this album collection is Fantastic!!!
I bought it for my 8 year old grandson.
He was very excited. He watches them
every day. They are very funny.
This album collection consists of
two cartoons and five movies of
Mr. Bean. Great!

A wonderful trip down amnesia lane. It's difficult to find more amusing stuff than this. I would recommend most anything by/with Mr. Atkinson, especially this and his Black Adder series.