Twilight - book to movie differences

Noted differences between the original Twilight novel and the movie adaptation.

Add-ins
Scenes/lines that were not in the book that were added to 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 was wearing a shirt that said "Kiss Me, I'm Irish.", and Victoria stole it and wore it for the next scene.
 * 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 at all times in the movie (except at the baseball game).
 * In the book, Bella does not have a cell phone.
 * In the movie, you see Phil in Arizona before Bella leaves.
 * In the movie, Victoria secretly stalks Edward and Bella at the prom.
 * In the movie (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, when in the book there is no field trip.
 * In the movie Bella brings a cactus with her to Forks; in the book there is no mention of a cactus, but she has one in her hands when she enters her bedroom in Forks with Charlie.
 * In the movie her father 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.
 * Victoria doesn't talk in the book but in the movie she does.
 * In the movie, after Edward jumps out of the window, he calls Bella "Spider Monkey." He had never called her "Spider Monkey" in the book.
 * In the movie Rosalie calls Emmett her 'Monkey Man'; in the book she doesn't say that.
 * In the movie, Bella wears a scapular-like bracelet.


 * In the movie,Charlie and Bella go to the diner instead of cooking at home.
 * In the movie, 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.

CHANGES

 * In the book, the car (Carlisle's) that Alice, Jasper and Bella leave in to get away from James, is said to have dark tinted windows. In the movie they don't seem to be tinted.
 * 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 have their cars at school at the same time.
 * Bella stutters a lot, but not a nervous stutter, just a stuttering problem.
 * In the book, Edward is the one that tells Bella they have become public, and that if it turns bad, then it's ruined, but in the movie it is Rosalie and Emmett.
 * 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 can smell her from half away 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 in the book.
 * In the book, Bella arrives at school in mid-January. In the movie, it's 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 heroin 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." is changed to "(Edward Cullen): Your scent, it's like a drug to me...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's taking her to meet his family. It is a Saturday when he does this.
 * Mr. Banner (biology teacher) from the book has been re-named to Mr. Molina in the movie.
 * Emmett's Jeep is silver in the movie. In the book, it's red.
 * Angela goes to Prom with Eric. In the book, she goes with Ben Cheney.
 * In the movie, Prom is held in a B&amp;B called View Point Inn instead of the high-school gym.
 * In the book Twilight, Bella reveals that she knows Edward is a vampire in the car on the way back to Forks from Port Angeles; for the movie, this revelation was moved to the meadow.
 * In the book Twilight, Bella was using 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 book, Bella cooks for Charlie every night. In the movie, they go to the diner every night.
 * In the movie, when they are in Edward's room and he says, "You really shouldn't have said that," they jump out the door. In the book, he pounces on her and they land on the couch.
 * In the book, Bella finds out about the truck while she is riding in Charlie's police cruiser. In the movie, Charlie doesn't talk about the truck nor that Bella had been saving money to buy a car herself. Bella doesn't see the truck at the house 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 Edward takes Bella on their first run, from the meadow.
 * In the book, Jacob tells Bella all the legends of his tribe and she learns from him that Edward is a vampire, and she never buys a book from the bookstore in Port Angeles; 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.
 * Bella and Jacob never sat on what became referred to as their log during the other books when Jacob told Bella the story. They were walking in the movie when he told her.
 * 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 the first day. In the movie, Edward seems to smell her as soon as she enters the room.
 * In the book, Alice helps Bella get ready for the prom. In the movie, Bella seems to get ready by herself, as all of her clothes are mismatched and casual - something that would never happen if Alice had helped out.
 * In the movie, the Cullen's house is modern-looking, and painted in black and brown. In the book, it's old and white.
 * In the movie, when Bella gets away 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 when Billy bribes him with auto parts to get him to warn Bella at the prom. Instead, in the movie Jacob is given $20 instead of the 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 movie, Bella's truck is quiet. In the book, it is loud and everyone can hear it.
 * In the book, when Edward saves Bella from being crushed by the truck, it's 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', even though it was still to early for her to know that her mother had moved to Jacksonville permanently.
 * 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 winter 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 gets Ben to ask Angela to the dance, in the movie, Angela asks Eric.
 * Jessica does not have curly hair in the movie, but in the book, Bella says that she does.
 * 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 would've known that they were "mates", whereas in the movie, James and Victoria walk away with James' arm draped over her shoulder.
 * In the book, Bella was afraid of riding on Edward's back as they ran, whereas in the movie, she appeared excited and not frightened at all.
 * In the book, it is stated that Billy is unable to drive. In the movie, this can be clearly seen when Edward is driving away from Bella's house.
 * In the book, Edward has a silver S60R, in the movie, he has a silver 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 4'9" or 4'10".
 * In the book, Emmett has curly hair. In the movie, his hair is straight and buzz-cut.
 * In the book, Alice has black hair. In the movie, she has brown hair.
 * In the book, Charlie has curly hair. In the movie, he does not.
 * In the movie, Bella doesn't nearly faint in Biology class like she does in the book.
 * 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.
 * In the book, Waylon Forge does not exist. In the movie, he is how the Cullens find out about James, Victoria, and Laurent.
 * 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, therefore screwing the movie crew into a corner because Victoria cannot provide proper closure like James, the actual hunter, could have.
 * 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's like to be a vampire. In the movie, she tells him that she thinks he's a vampire one day before or after school, and finds out details in other parts of the movie.
 * In the book, Bella is said to be wearing a deep blue, frilly off the shoulder dress to the 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 rubber 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 that 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 found the ornamental cross in the Cullen's house ironic and mentions this to Edward. In the movie, she just passed by it, without a comment.
 * In the book, Bella tells Jessica that Edward 'drives like a maniac'. In the movie, she didn't seem to mind.
 * In the movie, Jasper is seen in the class field trip. He is not supposed to be with Edward and Alice, as 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 (metaphorically, of course).
 * 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 cut-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 van, but in the film he did this later.
 * 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 not in the form of a question, suggesting that he is thirsty.
 * 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 (causing him to laugh and say "You should put your seatbelt on.")
 * 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, Bella and Edward's relationship progresses into love over a period of two or three months. However, in the movie, it only takes them a few weeks.
 * In the book, the website where Bella researches about vampires is called "Vampires A - Z", while in the movie it is called "Apotampkin".
 * 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 an IV needle. In the movie, she wakes up to Renee and doesn't try to take a needle out.
 * In the book, there was said to be a large wooden cross hanging on the Cullens' hallway wall, and in the movie it was lying on the ground around the stairs.
 * In the movie, Edward struggles to stop feeding from Bella in the dance studio. In the book Edward doesn't seem to have trouble, and actually tells Carlisle that her blood is clean and he can taste the morphine.
 * In the Biology class in the movie, the seats are wrong. In the book, Edward and Bella sit in the very back, 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 book, Bella dares Edward to eat human food in the cafeteria. In the movie, she asks him on their date in the restaurant.
 * In the movie, James bites Bella on her wrist. In the book, it says that James bit Bella on her left palm.
 * In the book, Eric and Mike are in Bella's English class. In the movie, they are in her Biology class.
 * In the book, Bella leaves her sweater in Jessica's car, while in the movie it could be concluded that Bella left her bag in Edward's car.
 * In the book, Angela has long light brown hair but she has a black ponytail in the movie.
 * 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, Bella is heard and seen by Edward murmuring his name. But in the movie, nothing was said when she dreamt of him while Edward watched her.
 * In the book, Bella sleep-talks. In the movie, Bella never talked in her sleep.

OMISSIONS
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, Edward mentions how 'twilight' is the "safest time of day for us [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, therefore Tyler Crowley is the only one of Bella's friends to remain single.
 * They didn't mention Jasper's ability 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 came to Bella's house to take her to prom and Edward told him over the phone that he was 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". This is a crucial part of New Moon. But was not in the movie.
 * In the book, Edward takes Bella in to Carlisle's study and shows her the paintings and tells her about the Volturi and about their pasts. In the movie, this doesn't happen.
 * Bella learned about Carlisle's history from Edward in the book. They never mentioned it in the movie.
 * 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, this never occurred.
 * In the book, Billy and Charlie fought over the Cullens, whereas in the movie, this never happened.
 * In the movie, Edward and Bella never actually say "I love you". In the book, it is mentioned for the first time after she says it in her sleep, and they say it quite a few times after.
 * 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.
 * In the book, when Edward and Bella go to the restaurant, the waitress was some pretty girl who Edward dazzles with his smile. This causes Bella to ask something along the lines of do you just dazzle everyone with your smile. This causes the famous line, "Do I dazzle you?" This never happens in the movie.
 * 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, which is where Laurent goes when he leaves after warning the Cullens about James in the book.
 * In the book, Bella and Edward have assigned "days" where they ask questions about the other. There is no mention of this in the movie.
 * 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.
 * Bella doesn't sleeptalk in the movie. When Edward says that he enjoys watching her sleep, he didn't say that she talked.
 * In the book, Edward stalls traffic so Tyler could ask Bella to the dance. In the movie, he does not do that.
 * 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, while in the movie she never did.
 * The whole Chapter 5 of the book entitled 'Blood Type' is missing in 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 movie, there isn't anything like that.
 * In the book, Mike can't stand Edward because he is jealous of his relationship with Bella and vice versa. In the movie, Edward never mentions anything about jealousy.
 * 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, Victoria's hair is supposed to be a bright fire-red, which is significant in New Moon, but in the movie, her hair is a strawberry-red.
 * In the book, everyone calls her Isabella, and she has to correct them with 'Bella'. In the movie, they call her Isabella and she doesn't say anything, and then others call her Bella.
 * The Cullens' house is supposed to be old and white, more Victorian, rather than brown and black and modern.
 * In the book, Alice and Bella become really good friends. In the movie, they don't even have one conversation.
 * In the movie, Bella never passes out from James' bite. She sees everything that goes on.
 * In the book, Edward literally sweeps Bella off of her feet when she almost throws up because she smells blood. Edward finds this very ironic.
 * In the book (Eclipse) Bella refers the carpet in Edwards bedroom to being gold in colour and thick enough to sleep on. In the movie it is light and short.
 * There are no graduation caps in the book, but there are several on a wall in the movie.
 * In the book, Bella's first day at Forks High School is on January 19. In the film, Bella's first day was in March, in the middle of the second semester.
 * Bella's first friend in school was supposed to be Jessica, instead of Eric.
 * In the book, Bella and Renee e-mailed one another as a form of communication. This was never mentioned in the movie, although there is a scene where Renee is calling Bella on a payphone.