i watch this film and along with every other adaptation i could get my hand on include see play in preparation for some academic research . the cinematography be very moving and as be the music . unfortunately all of the life be take out of the story . i have never see such an awful portrayal of mr. rochester . all of his most fundamental trait be go . where be his wit . where be his passion . scott rochester more closely resemble rochester foil and st. john and than the character from the novel . in fact and the actor play st. john in this adaptation play a passionate st. john while scott be content to smash thing or just stare at the ceiling ( which he do all the time ) . i have no idea what they be think . i would like to give this film a slightly high vote base on the wonderful music and cinematography but i honestly can not bear to see this film for too long because of george c. scott performance .