Twilight - book to movie differences

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

Additions

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

Book	Movie
Stephenie Meyer is the author of the series.	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 bounces an apple off his foot in the cafeteria scene in the movie and catches it, holding it gently, which is seen on the cover of Twilight.
There is no mention of the Cullen family wearing the family crest	All the Cullen family members wear the "Cullen family crest" somewhere on them throughout the majority of the film.
Phil has no lines in the book nor is he mentioned driving Bella to the airport. It's just her & her mother.	Phil is seen in Arizona before Bella leaves saying "I love ya both but we got a plane to catch."
	Victoria secretly stalks Edward and Bella at the prom.
Nothing remotely close to the following scene happens in the book.	When Edward takes Bella to his house, all of the Cullens are cooking Italian food for Bella because they believe her to be Italian). When Edward says Bella has already eaten, Rosalie breaks a bowl with her bare hands.
	In the movie, there is a field trip to a greenhouse.
Edward never calls Bella "Spider Monkey" in the book.	After Edward jumps out of the window, he calls Bella "Spider Monkey."
	Rosalie calls Emmett her "Monkey Man".
	In the movie, Bella wears a St. Jude Protection 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.
Bella cooks for Charlie at home.	In the movie, Charlie and Bella eat at a diner instead of cooking at home.
Victoria doesn't talk in the book until Eclipse.	In the movie she talks in the baseball field scene.
In the book there is no mention of a cactus.	In the movie, Bella brings a potted cactus with her to Forks.
In the book, Bella remembers that she had forgotten her pepper spray at home when she is in Port Angeles.	In the movie, Charlie gives Bella pepper spray with which she later sprays James in the eyes.
There are no graduation caps in the Cullen house in the book.	There are several on a wall in the movie.
Victoria, James, and Laurent appear later on in the book.	You see Victoria, James, and Laurent earlier in the movie.

Changes

Book	Movie
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. This is for practical reasons as the camera wouldn't be able to capture their faces through tinted windows.
In the book, when Bella goes to meet the Cullens in the book, Emmett and Rosalie are not present	In the movie they are, cooking Bella dinner.
In the book, when Bella goes to the Cullens' house, she is wearing a khaki skirt and a dark blue blouse.	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 if they become public, 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 across the field."
In the book, there was no mention of what the Cullens wore to the baseball field. Esme acts as the umpire but does not physically play; she stays with Bella on the sidelines.	In the movie, the baseball scene has the Cullens wearing jerseys and hats. Also, Bella acts as umpire and Esme is the catcher and the teams are formed differently than in the book.
In the book, Bella's first day at Forks High School is on January 18.	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 book, the heroine line: "(Bella Swan:) So what you're saying is, I'm your brand of heroin? (Edward Cullen): Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin."	In the film the line 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 the next day.
In the book,Mr. Banner is Bella's biology teacher.	In the movie, Mr. Molina is Bella's biology teacher.
In the book, Emmett's Jeep is red.	In the movie, his jeep is white.
In the book, Angela goes to prom with Ben Cheney.	In the movie, Angela goes to prom with Eric.
In the book, the prom is held in the school gym.	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	In the movie, she uses an iPod.
In the book, Rosalie drives a red convertible BMW M3.	In the movie, she drives a Mercedes.
In the book, when they are in Edward's room Bella says: "You're not as scary as you think you are." Edward then pounces on Bella and they land on the couch.	In the movie, when they are in Edward's room he says, "You really shouldn't have said that," they jump out the window.
In the book, Bella finds out about her truck while she is riding in Charlie's police cruiser from the airport.	In the movie, Bella doesn't know about the truck until after Billy and Jacob deliver it.
In the book, their first kiss is next to Bella's truck after they leave the meadow.	In the movie, Edward and Bella's first kiss is in Bella's room.
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 & the internet.
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 realized 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 book, the Cullens' house is old and white.	In the movie, the Cullens' house is modern-looking, and painted in black and brown.
In the book, Bella ditches Jasper by running through the airport bathroom & hopping into a taxi from a hotel that the bus she got on took her to.	In the movie, when Bella escapes from Alice and Jasper to meet up with James, she ditches them in the hotel lobby.
In the book, when Bella sees Jacob at the prom, he has grown significantly.	In the movie, when Bella sees Jacob at the prom, he hasn't grown significantly.
In the book, it is mentioned that Jacob dances with Bella.	In the movie, he just sits with her.
In the book, Jacob fixes up a VW Rabbit, and Billy bribes him with auto parts & $20 to get him to warn Bella at the prom.	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, but he does offer Jacob the $20.
In the book, the restaurant is Italian.	In the movie, the restaurant is not Italian, and the scene goes much differently than in the book.
In the book, Bella has an old desktop computer.	In the movie, Bella has a new Apple laptop.
In the book, when Edward saves Bella from being crushed by the van, 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.
In the book, Victoria, Laurent and James 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 movie, Victoria, Laurent and James were introduced early on, shown killing and feeding off two people, one being Charlie's friend Waylon Forge.
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, Bella and Edward's biology table is on the right of the classroom.	In the movie, they sit on the left.
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 teal.
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 book, Bella arrived early, before everyone else.	In the movie, Bella arrives at her first day of school while everyone was in the parking lot.
In the book, Bella and her friends visit the rock pools, and there is no mention of surfing.	In the movie, when Bella and her friends go to First Beach, there are people surfing.
In the book, James mentions Alice's past.	In the movie, James does not mention Alice's past.
In the book, when Carlisle and his family meets James, Victoria, and Laurent, Carlisle introduces them by their names.	In the movie, when they meet James, Victoria, and Laurent, Carlisle just says "This is my family".
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, Bella confesses that she knows what he is & to try to scare her he takes her up the mountain & shows her why they can't go into the sunlight.
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 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, light purple 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.	In the movie, there is no mention of this because she seems to have known where she was going.
In the book, Victoria doesn't speak until you get to 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 movie, Victoria first speaks when they're about to kill Waylon.
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 book, Bella calls Jessica and Jessica asks what happened with Edward.	In the movie, it doesn't show.
In the book Jasper poses as a senior, not a junior.	In the movie, Jasper is seen on the class field trip along with Edward & Alice.
In the book, where Mike tells Bella that he doesn't like her being with Edward,("He looks at you like you're somthing to eat."), she tells him off for interfering and laughs at his comment.	In the movie, she says nothing & just shrugs it off.
In the book, Bella and Edward drove half way & ran the rest of the way to the clearing where they played baseball.	In the movie, Bella and Edward drive Emmett's Jeep all the way & walk a short distance to the clearing where they played baseball.
In the book, Alice tells Bella how a person becomes a vampire as Edward doesn't want her to know.	In the movie, Edward tells her.
In the book, Edward stays with Bella after saving her from Tyler's van.	In the movie, Edward walks away after saving Bella from Tyler's van.
In the book, Charlie is waiting in the waiting room for Bella.	In the movie, Charlie is in the E.R. with Bella & tells Tyler: "You can kiss your license goodbye!"
In the book, it is stated that Esme was turned before Rosalie, meaning that Esme would be with the Cullens.	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. Esme is absent in the scene.
In the book, after the incident with the van, Edward undented the car, he had smashed into.	In the movie, he wasn't near any other car to dent it .
In the book, Laurent says the line "you brought a snack" in the form of a question.	In the movie, James says the line, but as a statement.
In the book, when Edward tells Bella to distract him from turning his car around, she starts talking about Tyler & how he 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 book, Bella meets Jacob for the first time at the beach.	In the movie, Bella meets Jacob for the first time when he & Billy bring the truck to the house.
In the book, it mentions Lauren going with them to First Beach.	In the movie, Lauren is not even mentioned.
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"	In the movie, it's called something else.
In the book, Emmett and Jasper killed James in another room.	In the movie, Emmett, Jasper & Alice kill James in the same room with Bella, Carlisle, & Edward.
In the book, Bella wakes up to Edward in the hospital.	In the movie, she wakes up to Renée & Edward is pretending to be asleep.
In the book, Edward and Bella sit in the very back in Biology, in the middle row. She also sits on his left side.	In the movie, they are on the left side of the room, toward the middle. Bella is sitting on his right side.
In the book, Edward and Bella say " I love you " several times.	In the movie, Edward and Bella never say, " I love you ".
In the book, Edward said," I feel like I've left my whole heart with you."	In the movie, he doesn't use that line.
In the book, James bites Bella on her hand.	In the movie, James bites Bella on her wrist.
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.	In the movie, he stood by her dresser and window.
In the book, Edward tells Bella he watches her sleep almost every night.	In the movie, Edward shyly tells her just for the past couple of months.
In the book, Bella is heard and seen by Edward murmuring his name while she sleeps.	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, Edward mentions that Jasper has the ability to manipulate people's emotions.	In the movie, Edward never mentions what Jasper's abilites are when Bella asks if other people in his family can read minds he just mentions Alice's abilities.
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; she cuts her head open.	In the movie, she does cut her leg & slightly bangs her head with a little bit of blood there.
In the book, Edward asked Bella about the snow.	In the movie, he asked her about the rain.
In the book, there is a spring dance and prom.	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 .	In the movie, this never happens.
In the book, they sit together at lunch.	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 one's she meets then Alice and Jasper. Emmett & Rosalie aren't there.	In the movie, Emmett and Rosalie are also there.
In the book, the guys that were following her taunted her but she never kicks one of the guys.	In the movie, she kicks one of them.
In the book, she never remembers Jacob or Billy.	In the movie, she seems to recognize them as soon as they are introduced.
In the book, Bella tells Edward "You have never seen me in gym."	In the movie, he doesn't spy on her in gym.
In the book, Bella gets a tour of the house and gets to hear stories of Carlisle.	In the movie, she gets a tour of the house but we don't get to hear the story of Carlisle.
In the book, Bella's room is a light blue and her curtains are yellow.
In the book, Bella only talks to her mom through her slow internet or the house phone.	In the movie, Bella has a cell 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 doesn't like Bella	In the movie Lauren was not casted.
In the book, Sam Uley says "The Cullens don't come here"	In the movie, one of Jacob's friends said it.
In the book, no one knew Bella invited Edward to La Push.	In the movie, they tease Bella for inviting Edward to La Push and call him a freak.
In the book, it says that Bella and Edward sit in a booth.	In the movie, they sit at a table.
In the book, the waitress has medium/short hair	In the movie, her hair is long.
IN the book, Edward asks to move tables.	In the movie, they sit where the waitress leads them.

Omissions

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

Book	Movie
In the book, Bella's head injury is crucial to Edward trying to justify her description of the events.	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, Bella dares Edward to eat human food in the cafeteria.	In the movie, this is not mentioned.
In the book, Edward mentions how 'twilight' is the 'safest time of day for vampires.	In the movie, the time of actual twilight is never made significant or mentioned.
In the book, Angela Weber's love interest is Ben Cheney	In the movie, there is no Ben Cheney, therefore Angela Weber's love interest is Eric Yorkie. There is also no Lauren Mallory.
In the book, Edward mentions that Jasper as the ability to control the emotions of people around him.	In the movie, Jasper's ability is not mentioned.
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 book, Edward invites Bella to sit with him at lunch, leaving the rest of Bella's friends jealous.	In the movie, Edward never invites Bella to sit with him at lunch.
In the book, there is a "turn around" (where the girl's ask the boy's out) dance, as well as the prom.	In the movie, there is 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 & he's dancing at the prom with someone else.
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 book, Bella wailed when Edward took her to the prom.	In the movie, Bella said, "Wow. You're really trying to kill me," when Edward took her to the prom instead of wailing.
In the book during the hospital scene towards the end, Edward says that he will stay with Bella "as long as it is best for her".	In the movie, he simply says "Where else am I going to go."
In the book, Edward takes Bella in to Carlisle's study and shows her the paintings and tells her about his past.	In the movie, they don't go into any details of Carlisle's past.
In the book, James reveals information about Alice's past;	In the movie, Jame's doesn't even mention knowing Alice.
In the book, Bella finds out about the Cullens' past.	In the movie, Bella never finds out about any of the Cullens' past, except a little bit of Edward's.
In the book, Alice walks into Edward's room with Jasper and says, "It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share."	In the movie, Alice doesn't make this reference.
In the book, there is a hunting trip, therefore Edward leaves Bella a note telling her to "Be Safe" while he is away.	In the movie, there is no hunting trip, therefore Edward doesn't leave Bella a note.
In the book, Bella leaves her jacket in Jessica's car, forcing her to wear Edward's.	In the movie, Bella does not leave her jacket in Jessica's car.
In the book, there are 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.	In the movie, they didn't include the scenes with Jasper and Bella.
In the book, there is a drive and "walk" to the meadow for the first time	In the movie, they reach the meadow in a very different way, just after Bella tells Edward she knows what he is.
In the book, there is mention of the Denali family.	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.	In the movie, Bella does all the asking of questions at different points.
In the book, Edward told Bella that he and Emmett were going hunting during the time she would be in La Push.	In the movie, he doesn't mention his trip with Emmett and just makes it seem like the beach is too crowded which was his way of getting out of her invitation to the beach.
In the book, Bella writes a note to Edward saying that James has her mom and she has to try to save her.	In the movie, she writes no note at all and just goes to the studio.
In the book, Edward stalls traffic so Tyler could ask Bella to the dance.	In the movie, Tyler doesn't even ask her.
In the book, Bella goes the vampires A-Z website.	In the movie, she goes to a different site.
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.	In the movie, she see's there are stories of vampires in Egypt & Peru and connects the dots from there.
In the book, Bella show's that she faints at the site & smell of blood in Ch. 5 entitled "Blood Type."	In the movie, all of Ch. 5 is excluded.
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 movie, they don't 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 movie, Mike doesn't really show much dislike for Edward except when he confronts Bella about it on her way into the diner to meet her dad for dinner.
In the book, there were more kissing scenes and love scenes.	In the movie, there were just two kisses.
In the book, 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 inside the house before he leaves with Carlisle and Emmett to get James to follow them.	In the movie, Edward doesn't kiss Bella he just says "you are my life now," before Jasper takes off.
In the book, during the baseball scene, Esme tells Bella about her infant son dying, and her subsequently jumping off of a cliff.	In the movie, Esme or Edward doesn't mention her past at all.
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 movie, Bella is never placed in a situation to show any aversion to the smell of blood.
In the book, Bella and Renée e-mail one another as a form of communication.	In the movie, there form of communication is on the phone.
In the book Alice say's that she can smell Bella across the feild in the baseball scene	in the movie, Rosalie says that she can smell Bella across the feild in the baseball scene
In the book Bella's bed is single.	In the movie, Bella has a double bed in her bedroom.
In the book, Bella's bedroom is painted blue.	In the movie, it is green.
In the book, Edward tackles Bella after saying "You really shouldn't have said that" but they are still in his room.	In the movie, he grabs her & jumps out the window and takes her up a tree.
Edward talks to Bella about Carlisle's history	In the movie, Carlisle's history is never mentioned.