Yay! I'm so happy you liked the BBC version. I love how they keep making adaptations of these classics and people go off on rambles/rants about why they're better/worse/completely off from previous versions.

I've only seen a couple other versions and have liked them all well enough. Except for that raving Cirian Hinds clippie... oh my! This one is certainly pretty, and while they've either made Jane older or Rochester younger, the change fits. It's funny that you say that the actors are pretty, because I didn't think they were. Oh, that sounds horribly shallow, and I by no means think they're unattractive, but I thought Jane was the right amount of pretty/plain. And I loved that inner glowing beauty she had on her ill-fated wedding day. /sigh/ As for Rochester, well, I guess us 21st-Century-ladies like the Byronic heroes to be rugged and sexy. I liked how Bertha was a pretty woman too, instead of a hag - made her seem scarier.

I feel for you in your quest for JE-fans. It doesn't quite have the fan-base one would think it would. Pemberley.com had a heated discussion about it when it came out, but I couldn't find it anywhere else. If music montages are your thing (I adore them), This site might actually make you like (a little) the musical.

Glad you got to see it and you enjoyed it!