Talk:Bean (film)

message: I was a bit reluctant to remove this list, as somebody obviously spent quite a long time writing it yesterday, yet it doesn't seem very encyclopedic to me - it just sounds like somebody's favourite scenes. Some of the details are already in the plot summary, for example, although a few of these could be integrated in there where the details are thinner. Bob talk 08:42, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a good and comprehensive list - I've been reading all the plot summaries for the episodes of the TV series and now this, and it's all amusingly coming back to me. Still, I wouldn't be able to remember any significant omissions... his "families are important" part of the speech about the painting I do remember despite it not being mentioned here or in the plot summary, although that isn't a particularly comic part of the film...--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 20:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: List of comical things done by Mr. Bean in The film

message: Wouldn't Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie be a better location for the article? The VHS and DVD releases use the tagline in the title, as does the poster show here. Timrollpickering 22:57, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My video case doesn't ... :s. I assume you are talking about Yankee editions.
~~Lazyguythewerewolf . Rawr. 22:23, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article location 

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Bean (1997 film) → Bean (film) — There is no other film with a similar name, therefore, this page shouldn't have the 1997 disambiguation —Rbb l181 16:29, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
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*Rename to Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie. A unique title actually used is surely preferable to a disambiguated one. Timrollpickering 16:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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This article has been renamed  as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 17:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

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*Rename to Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie. A unique title actually used is surely preferable to a disambiguated one. Timrollpickering 16:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
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This article has been renamed  as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 17:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: Just posted this to the Mr. Bean's Holiday talk page, and I figure it could use mentioning here as well.
Disclaimer: I love British comedies and am generally bored senseless by American comedies (and American movies in general.) 
I don't understand why so many people insist on calling "Bean" Americanized.  Yes, it takes place in America, but that's about it.  Peter MacNicol (who played the other main character) is one of the least-(stereotypically)American actors I can think of, short of perhaps Kelsey Grammer.  Many (most?) of the jokes were recycled from the (100% British) TV series.  
The only major change from the series was that Mr. Bean's antics had actual (bad) consequences. This resulted in a fairly darker tone and an actual plot arc, but I didn't think that America was particularly known for darker comedies or coherent plots (on the contrary, we're often criticized for making syrupy-sweet/goofy movies with shallow or non-existent plots.)
I'm sure someone can find sources to support the "Americanization" claim, but I urge you to consider carefully just how useful or reliable these claims are.  
Does merely setting a movie in America make it Americanized?  Does having a plot (instead of nothing but two straight hours of non-stop sight gags) make it Americanized?  Does giving Mr. Bean a *few* speaking lines (which is generally important if you want an actual plot) make it Americanized?  Does having a few stereotypically American supporting characters when they're clearly being satirized precisely for their American-ness (witness the "I don't know much about art... damn Frenchies..." speech made by Burt Reynold's character) make it Americanized?  --Lode Runner 22:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alleged Americanization 

message: Someone changed these details, but I have reverted them, according to iMDB. Whether this edit was in good faith or not, I decided to add a note here for reference. KiloT 12:11, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Runtime/Box office 

message: "Bean [is] entrusted to oversee the transfer of priceless painting Whistler's Mother from a gallery in London to a museum in the United States" is wrong.  The painting is stated to be coming from the Musée d'Orsay (Paris, not London), and the transfer has nothing to do with Bean; he's being sent along as a purported art expert to give a speech during the US unveiling.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.72.137.8 (talk) 13:31, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in the lead 

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message: I seem to remember the film being known, in the late 90s, as 'Mr. Bean Goes to America'. This was before I learned there was a film based on Mr. Bean and thought it was an episode of the TV series although it did not appear in the 'Complete Mr. Bean' VHS release. By the time I learned of the film's existence I was introduced to it as 'Mr. Bean: the Movie' and I have not heard the unofficial 'Goes to America' title since. I have created a redirect for this colloquialism, in case anyone still knows it that way, but am unsure whether to include it in the 'also known as' bracket. Tk420 (talk) 21:06, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I suspect it might just be because that's how people referred to the plot of the film perhaps? I don't think it was ever an official title, so probably shouldn't be in the infobox, but the redirect is a good idea. Bob talk 21:43, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
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