Twilight book to movie differences

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The following are noted differences between the original Twilight novel and the movie adaptation.

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Scenes/lines that were not in the book but were added for the movie:

Stephenie Meyer makes a cameo appearance at the diner in the movie.
In the book, there is no Waylon Forge. In the movie, he is at the diner, and Victoria, Laurent and James kill him when he is fixing his boat. Also, Waylon is wearing a shirt that says "Kiss Me, I'm Irish", which Victoria is later seen wearing in the next scene. James comments on Waylon's jacket, and is seen wearing this for the rest of the movie.

In the movie, Bella and Edward's Biology teacher awards them a golden onion.
Edward plays hackysack with an apple in the cafeteria scene in the movie, representing the cover of Twilight.
All the Cullen family members wear the "Cullen family crest" somewhere on them throughout the majority of the film.
Phil is seen in Arizona before Bella leaves.
Victoria secretly stalks Edward and Bella at the prom.
When Edward takes Bella to his house, all of the Cullens are cooking Italian food just for Bella (because they think she is Italian). When Edward says Bella has already eaten, Rosalie breaks a bowl with her bare hands. Nothing remotely close to this happens in the book.
In the movie, there is a field trip to a greenhouse.
After Edward jumps out of the window, he calls Bella "Spider Monkey." He never calls her "Spider Monkey" in the book.
Rosalie calls Emmett her "Monkey Man".
In the movie, Bella wears a scapular-like bracelet.
When Bella wakes up in the hospital, the fighting scene from the ballet studio can be seen on the flat screen. There is also a drawing of the ballet studio behind Edward's head.
In the movie, Charlie and Bella eat at a diner instead of cooking at home.
Victoria doesn't talk in the book, but in the movie she does.
Bella brings a potted cactus with her to Forks; in the book there is no mention of a cactus.
In the movie, Charlie gives her pepper spray which she sprays James with later in the movie. In the book, Bella remembers that she had forgotten her pepper spray at home when she is in Port Angeles.
There are no graduation caps in the Cullen house in the book, but there are several on a wall in the movie.
You seen Victoria, James, and Laurent to eairly in the movie

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In the book, Carlisle's car, which Alice, Jasper and Bella use to escape from James, is said to have dark tinted windows. In the movie they don't seem to be tinted, but obviously they would have the change it for the film seeming as you wouldn't be able to see their faces through the tinted windows!
When Bella goes to meet the Cullens in the book, Emmett and Rosalie are not present, but in the movie they are, cooking dinner.
In the book, when Bella goes to the Cullens' house, she is wearing a khaki skirt and a dark blue blouse, but in the movie she is in jeans, a green top, and a jacket.
In the book, the Cullen siblings only take Edward's car to school to be less noticeable. In the movie, Rosalie and Emmett both drive their cars to school.
In the book, Edward tells Bella they have become public, and so the Cullens will be in trouble if their relationship "ends badly"; in the movie, Rosalie and Emmett explain this to Bella.
In the book, while they are playing baseball and Edward takes down Bella's hair, Alice says, "That won't work. I could smell her across the field." In the movie, Rosalie says scornfully, "Like that will help. I could smell her from halfway across the field."
In the baseball scene in the movie, the Cullens wear jerseys and hats instead of normal clothes. Also, Esme is the umpire, not Bella, and the teams are formed differently than in the book.
In the book, Bella's first day at Forks High School is on January 19. In the film, her first day is in March.
In the book, Forks High School is a cluster of separated buildings. In the movie, it is just one typical enclosed building.
In the film, the heroin line from the book: "(Bella Swan:) So what you're saying is, I'm your brand of heroin? (Edward Cullen): Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin." is changed to "(Edward Cullen): Your scent, it's like a drug to me. You're like my own personal brand of heroin."
In the book, Edward tells Bella that he was planning to take her to visit his family on a Sunday when Bella was eating breakfast. In the movie, Edward jumps onto Bella's truck and then tells her that he is taking her to meet his family.
Mr. Banner, Bella's biology teacher in the book, is named Mr. Molina in the movie.
Emmett's Jeep is silver in the movie. In the book, it is red.
Angela goes to prom with Eric. In the book, she goes with Ben Cheney.
In the movie, prom is held at an inn instead of the high school gym.
In the book , Bella reveals that she knows Edward is a vampire in the car on the way back to Forks from Port Angeles; in the movie, this revelation is moved to the meadow.
In the book, Bella uses a CD Player instead of an iPod.
In the book, Rosalie drives a red convertible BMW M3. In the movie, she drives a Mercedes.
In the movie, when they are in Edward's room and he says, "You really shouldn't have said that," they jump out the window. In the book, he pounces on her and they land on the couch.
In the book, Bella finds out about her truck while she is riding in Charlie's police cruiser. In the movie, Bella doesn't know about the truck until after Billy and Jacob deliver it.
In the movie, Edward and Bella's first kiss is in Bella's room. In the book, their first kiss is next to Bella's truck after they leave the meadow.
In the book, Jacob tells Bella all the legends of his tribe and she learns from him that Edward is a vampire; in the movie, Jacob tells her only part of the story, and she finds the rest out from a book that she buys in Port Angeles.
In the book, it is only after another student opens the door that Edward realizes that Bella is standing behind him in the office on her first day at school. In the movie, Edward seems to smell her as soon as she enters the room (although this could be that he heard the door open but because he couldn't hear any thoughts he realised it was her)
In the book, Alice helps Bella get ready for the prom. In the movie, Bella seems to get ready by herself, though she mentions that Alice lent her the dress that she wears.
In the movie, the Cullens' house is modern-looking, and painted in black and brown. In the book, it is old and white.
In the movie, when Bella escapes from Alice and Jasper to meet up with James, she ditches them in the hotel lobby. They never go to the airport like in the book.
When Bella sees Jacob at the prom in the movie, he hasn't grown significantly like in the book.
In the movie, there is no mention of Jacob fixing up the Rabbit, or of Billy bribing him with auto parts to get him to warn Bella at the prom. Instead, in the movie Jacob is given $20 instead of a car part.
The restaurant in the movie is not Italian, and the scene goes much differently than in the book.
In the movie, Bella has a new Apple laptop. In the book, she has an old desktop computer.
In the book, when Edward saves Bella from being crushed by the truck, it is before school. In the movie, it happens after school.
In the book, Bella said that she was going to Seattle to avoid going to a school dance. In the movie, she said that she was going to Jacksonville.
In the book, Charlie put snow chains on Bella's truck tires, and he hadn't told her about it. In the movie, Charlie put new tires on the truck instead, and told her before she left for school.
In the book, Angela isn't happy about going to the dance with Eric. In the movie, she hopes that he will ask her to the dance.
In the book, Edward didn't know that James and Victoria were together, a crucial point in the next two books with Edward saying that he would've known that Victoria would've come back if he had known that they were "mates". In the movie, James and Victoria walk away with James' arm draped over her shoulder.
In the book, it is stated that Billy is unable to drive. In the movie, he is seen driving when Edward leaves Bella's house.
In the book, Edward has a silver Volvo S60R; in the movie, he has a silver Volvo C30.
In the book, Alice is supposed to be short. In the movie, she is almost as tall as Bella, and no more than six inches shorter than Jasper, although he is supposed to be 6'3" and she is supposed to be 4'10".
In the book, Emmett has curly hair. In the movie, his hair is straight and short.
In the book, Alice has black hair. In the movie, she has dark brown hair.
In the book, Charlie has curly hair. In the movie, he does not.
Victoria, Laurent and James were introduced early in the movie, shown killing and feeding off two people, one being Charlie's friend Waylon Forge. In the book, the three are introduced at the baseball game, much later in the story time line, and Waylon Forge or the guard from the mill are not included.
In the book, Bella has lunch, Biology, and then Gym. In the movie, they show her in Gym class, then in lunch, and then in Biology.
In the book, the cabinets in Bella's kitchen are yellow (her mom painted them yellow to try to bring 'sunshine' to Forks.) In the movie, they are white.
In the book, Edward has a black leather couch with a golden rug and dark heavy fabric hung on the wall. In the movie, he has a white chaise lounge with white walls.
In the movie, Bella arrives at her first day of school while everyone was in the parking lot. In the book, she arrived early, before everyone else.
In the movie, when Bella and her friends go to First Beach, there are people surfing. In the book, they visit the rock pools, and there is no mention of surfing.
In the movie James does not mention Alice's past.
In the movie, when Carlisle and his family meets James, Victoria, and Laurent, Carlisle just says "This is my family". In the book, he introduces them by their names.
In the book, Edward is supposedly taking Bella to Seattle, to get her out of going to the dance (instead, he goes with her to the meadow and shows her why he can't go out in the sunlight). In the movie, this never happens and he shows her the day after she found out that he was a vampire, before or after school.
In the book, on the way home from dinner in Port Angeles, Edward explains what it is like to be a vampire. In the movie, she tells him that she thinks he is a vampire one day before or after school, and finds out details in other parts of the movie.
In the book, Bella wears a deep blue, frilly off-the-shoulder dress to prom with a stiletto heel with satin ribbon. In the movie, she is wearing a blue, halter-top dress with a sweater, gray leggings and a black pair of Chuck Taylor shoes.
In the book, on the way to the prom, Bella finds out that Edward is actually taking her to prom. There is no mention of this in the movie and she seems to have known where she was going.
In the movie, Victoria says two lines during the baseball scenes, which Bella hears. But in the book, she doesn't speak at all. And in Eclipse, Bella describes Victoria's voice as a tinkling, babyish soprano, saying that it was "a voice that belonged with blond curls and pink bubblegum."
In the book, James called Bella to tell her to go to her house in Phoenix, and told her to call the number next to the phone. In the movie, she was told to go straight to the ballet studio.
In the book, Bella finds the ornamental cross in the Cullens' house ironic and mentions this to Edward. In the movie, she just passes by it, without a comment.
In the book, Bella tells Jessica that Edward 'drives like a maniac'. In the movie, she doesn't seem to mind.
In the movie, Jasper is seen on the class field trip. In the book he poses as a senior, not a junior.
In the scene where Mike tells Bella that he doesn't like her being with Edward, she just shrugs it off. In the book, she tells him off for interfering (and laughs at his comment: "He looks at you like you're something to eat.").
In the movie, Bella and Edward drive Emmett's Jeep all the way to the clearing where they played baseball. In the book, they ran a few miles to the clearing, with Bella gripping on Edward for dear life.
In the book, Alice tells Bella how a person becomes a vampire as Edward doesn't want her to know, but Edward tells her in the movie.
In the movie, Edward walks off straight after saving Bella from Tyler's van, but in the book he stays with her.
In the movie, when Jacob tells Bella of the legends between his tribe and the Cullens, there is a flashback scene of Edward, Carlisle, Rosalie and Emmett feeding on an animal. In the book, it is stated that Esme was turned before Rosalie, meaning that Esme would be with the Cullens.
In the book, after the incident with the van, Edward undented the car, he was smashed into, but did not in the film.
In the book, Laurent says the line "you brought a snack" in the form of a question, but in the movie, James says the line, but as a statement.
When, in the book, Edward tells Bella to distract him from turning his car around, she starts talking about Tyler who told everyone he was taking her to prom. In the movie, she just tells Edward to put on his seatbelt.
In the book, when Bella tells Charlie she's going out with Edward, he confuses him for Emmett. In the movie, he calmly asks, "Isn't he a little old for you?" He also never mistakenly calls Edward "Edwin".
In the book, the weather is supposed to be nice when Bella goes to La Push for the first time. In the movie, it is dreary.
In the movie, Bella meets up with Jacob at the beach. In the book, she meets Jacob there for the first time.
In the book, when Bella goes to the Cullens' house, Alice and Jasper enter via the staircase. In the movie, they enter through the window (presumably after hunting).
In the book, the website where Bella researches about vampires is called "Vampires A - Z", while in the movie it is not.
In the book, Emmett and Jasper killed James, whereas in the movie it is implied that Alice did when she ripped off his head.
In the book, Bella wakes up to Edward in the hospital and tries to remove a tube from her nose. In the movie, she wakes up to Renée and doesn't try to take anything out.
In the book, Edward and Bella sit in the very back in Biology, in the middle row. In the movie, they are on the left side of the room, toward the middle.
Edward and Bella never say, "I love you" in the movie, but they say it in the book several times.
In the movie, James bites Bella on her wrist. In the book, James bites Bella on her left hand.
In the book, Eric and Mike are in Bella's English class. In the movie, they are in her Biology class.
In the book, there is a rocking chair that Edward sits in while watching Bella sleep. But in the movie, he stood by her dresser and window.
In the book, Edward tells Bella he watches her sleep. In the movie, Bella wakes up and sees Edward standing by her dresser and window.
In the book, Bella is heard and seen by Edward murmuring his name while she sleeps. But in the movie, Bella never talks in her sleep.
In the book Eclipse, Bella refers the carpet in Edward's bedroom to being gold in color. In the movie, it is light.
In the book Jasper has the ability to manipulate peoples emotions, Edward never mentions this in the movie when Bella asks if other people in his family can read minds he just mentions Alice's abilities and not Jasper's
In the book after the baseball game Alice and Emmett go with Edward and Bella to Bella's house, in the movie it's just Edward and Bella
In the book Bella doesn't cut her leg on glass in the Ballet Studio but in the movie she does
In the book Edward asked Bella about the snow and in the movie he asked about the rain
In the book there is a spring dance and prom, but in the movie there is only prom
In the book Esme touches something that locks the house down in the movie it dosen't happen at all
In the book they have a blood testing day, but in the movie this never happends
In the book they sit together at lunch but in the movie they never sit and talk they just stand by the salad bar
In the book right when Bella walks in Esme and Carlisle are the first ones she meets then Alice and Jasper Emmett and Rosalie aren't even there
In the movie the guys that were following her didn't just go up to her in the book the like taunter her but never touched her
In the book she never remembers Jacob or Billy
In the book Bella tells Edward "You have never seen me in gym" but in the movie she never gets mad at him for spying on her in gym
In the book Bella gets a tour of the house and gets to hear stories of Carlisles but in the movie that never happends
In the book Bellas room in a light blue and her cutains are yellow
In the movie Bella has a cell phone but in the book she only talks to her mom through her slow internet or the house phone
In the book all three guys ask Bella to the Dance in the movie only Mike does and Eric almost does
In the book there is Lauren who dosen't like Bella
In the book Sam Uley says "The Cullens don't come here" in the movie some kid did
In the movie the tease Bella for inviting Edward to La Push and call him a freak but in the book no one knew she invited him

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Scenes/lines from the book that were left out from the movie:

In the movie, while they make mention of Bella hitting her head when Edward saves her from Tyler's van, she never actually hits her head in the scene. In the book, the head injury is crucial to Edward trying to justify her description of the events.
In the book, Bella dares Edward to eat human food in the cafeteria.
In the book, Edward mentions how 'twilight' is the 'safest time of day for vampires. The time of actual twilight is never made significant or mentioned in the movie.
There is no Ben Cheney in the movie, therefore Angela Weber's love interest is Eric Yorkie. There is also no Lauren Mallory.
Jasper's ability is not mentioned in the movie.
In the book, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice and Jasper attend the prom. In the movie, they are not there.
In the book, Bella tells Edward that he dazzles people while they are having dinner in Port Angeles. In the movie, she never mentions it.
In the movie, Edward never invites Bella to sit with him at lunch, leaving the rest of Bella's friends jealous.
In the movie, there is no "Sadie Hawkins" dance, only the prom.
In the book, Tyler tells everyone that he is taking Bella to prom, without her permission. In the movie, there is no mention of this.
In the book, Tyler comes to Bella's house to take her to prom and Edward tells him over the phone that he is taking her. In the movie, this isn't mentioned.
In the movie, Bella said, "Wow. You're really trying to kill me," when Edward took her to the prom instead of wailing.
During the hospital scene in the book, Edward says that he will stay with Bella "as long as it is best for her".
In the book, Edward takes Bella in to Carlisle's study and shows her the paintings and tells her about his past.
In the book, James reveals information about Alice's past; they make no reference to that in the movie.
In the movie, Bella never finds out about any of the Cullens' past, except a little bit of Edward's.
Alice doesn't walk into Edward's room with Jasper and say, "It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share."
In the movie, there is no hunting trip, therefore Edward doesn't leave Bella a note telling her to "Be Safe" while he is away like he does in the book.
In the movie, Bella does not leave her jacket in Jessica's car, forcing her to wear Edward's.
In the book, Jacob danced with Bella, with Edward's consent, while telling her what Billy bribed him to say.
In the movie, they didn't include the scenes with Jasper and Bella, where he tells her that she is worth fighting for, and Alice tells her that "we who have been with Edward for so long" can see the changes in him, and none of them want to look at him for the next hundred years knowing he lost her.
The drive and "walk" to the meadow for the first time is not in the movie.
In the movie, there is no mention of the Denali family.
In the book, Bella and Edward have assigned "days" where they ask questions about the other.
Edward told Bella that he and Emmett go hunting at the south of Rainier at one point of the book. Bella asks Charlie about the place, but it was not mentioned in the movie.
In the book, Bella writes a note to Edward saying that James has her mom and she has to try to save her. However, in the movie, she writes no note at all and just goes to the studio.
In the book, Bella was interrogated by Jessica, asking if she and Edward are secretly dating. In the movie, Jessica didn't seem to care.
In the book, Edward stalls traffic so Tyler could ask Bella to the dance.
In the book, Bella Googles vampires. In the movie, she does not.
In the book, when Bella researches about the vampires, she mentioned the Danag, a Filipino vampire, and other vampires from countries all over the world.
The whole Chapter 5 of the book, entitled "Blood Type", is missing from the movie.
In the book, there is Bella's gym teacher, Coach Clapp. In the movie, there is no mention of him.
In the book, they watch a movie in Biology class.
In the book, Mike can't stand Edward because he is jealous of his relationship with Bella and vice versa.
In the book, there were more kisses scenes and love scenes. In the movie, there were just two kisses.
When Bella left with Alice and Jasper they were the last ones to go. In the movie, they were the first.
In the book, Edward kisses Bella before they run away from James. Bella later remembers this kiss and compares it in New Moon.
In the book, during the baseball scene, Esme tells Bella about her infant son dying, and her subsequently jumping off of a cliff, but there is no mention of any of this in the movie.
In the book, Alice and Bella become really good friends.
In the book, Edward literally sweeps Bella off of her feet when she almost faints because she smells blood. Edward finds this very ironic.
In the book, Bella and Renée e-mail one another as a form of communication. This was never mentioned in the movie, although there is a scene where Renée calls Bella from a payphone.
In the book, Edward looks through the minds of others to watch Bella, i.e while she is in Gym, and while Jessica is interrogating her about her relationship with Edward.
In the movie, Bella has a double bed in her bedroom. In the book her bed is single (which is why Edward buys a double bed for his room in Eclipse) In the book her bedroom is painted blue. In the movie it is green.

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