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 actually wore it for the next scene.
 * In the movie, there is a golden onion.
 * Edward does a trick with an apple in a 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.
 * In the book, Bella does not have a cell phone.
 * In the movie, you see Phil in Arizona before Bella leaves.
 * Charlie's house in Forks has a dishwasher.
 * 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 movie Victoria secretly stalks Edward and Bella at the prom.
 * 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.
 * 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 ate, 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, where in the book there is no field trip.
 * In the Book, when Bella goes to the Cullen's house she is wearing a khaki skirt and a dark blue blouse, but in the movie she is jeans, a green top, and a jacket.
 * 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 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 at all.
 * 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.

CHANGES

 * When Bella goes to meet the Cullen's in the book Emmett and Rosalie are not present, but in the movie they are, cooking dinner.
 * In the book they 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 is never shy, and she doesn't complain about his reckless driving.
 * Bella stutters a lot, but not a nervous stutter, just a stuttering problem.
 * In the movie Emmett doesn't drive his Jeep to school. He is a passenger, and in the book only Edward and Rosalie's cars are used for going to and from to school.
 * In the book Edward is the one that tells Bella they have become public, and it turns bad then its 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, "Like that will help. I can smell her from half away across the field." in the movie Rosalie says it.
 * In the book, Bella arrives at school in January, in the movie its 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 movie the heroin line "Isabella Swan: So what your saying is, I'm your brand of heroin?" "Edward Cullen: Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin." is changed to "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. On the contrary,in the movie, Edward jumps onto Bella's truck and then tells her that he's taking her home. it is not a Sunday but a Saturday when he does that.
 * 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 movie, Prom is held in a B&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 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 lands on the couch
 * In the book, Bella finds out about the truck while she is riding in Charlie's police cruiser and Charlie doesn't talk about the truck nor that Bella had been saving money to buy a car herself. In the movie, 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 the first run.
 * 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 she buys in Port Angeles; in the Twilight book, Bella never buys a book from the book store in Port Angeles.
 * In the book, it is only after another student opens the door that Edward that Bella is standing in behind him in the office on the first day. In the movie Edwards 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 is mismatched and casual-something that would never happen if Alice had helped out.
 * In the movie, the Cullen's house is modern looking that's black and brown. In the book, its 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 even 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, this happens after school.
 * In the book, Bella had said she was going to 'Seattle'. In the movie, she said 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, Bella isn't worried about how old her truck is, and knows it won't attract attention. In the movie, people make fun of how ancient her truck is.
 * In the book, Charlie put 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.
 * 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 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' 5" and she is supposed to be 4' 10".
 * In the book, Emmet 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 (that is where Renesmee gets her curly ringlets), in the movie he does not
 * In the movie, the meadow scene is completely different from the meadow described scene in the book.
 * In the movie, Bella doesn't 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, 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 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 book Jasper walks Bella to the bathroom when Edward is about to arrive from his flight, In the movie she runs out to meet James.
 * In the book, Bella's first day of school is in January, whereas, in the movie, she says that it is March.
 * 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 themselves 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 one by one by their names.
 * In the book, Edward is supposedly taking Bella to Seattle, to get her out of going to the dance (instead he runs through the meadow and shows her why he can't go out in sunlight). In the movie this never happens and he shows her the day she said he was a vampire, 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 she thinks he's a vampire one day 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 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 talks about how Victoria's voice surprised her because of how girly and high-pitched it sounded, saying that it was "a voice that belonged with blond curls and pink bubble gum."
 * In the book, James called Bella 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 scene where Tyler's van nearly hits Bella, her truck gets dented. In the book, the car next to her truck gets dented instead.
 * 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 there in Emmett's place.
 * 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 move, it is dreary.
 * In the movie Bella meets up with Jacob at the beach, in the book she meets Jacob 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, Edward killed James, whereas in the movie it is implied that Alice did when she ripped off his head.
 * In the book, at prom Edward had a different car then his normal everyday car.
 * In the book, Bella wakes up to Edward, and tries to remove a needle. In the movie, she wakes up to Renee and doesn't try to take a needle out.


 * In the movie, Emmett and Jasper help kill James. In the book, Emmett and Jasper stay outside because of the blood.
 * In the book, there was said to be a cross hanging on the hall way, and in the movie it was lying on the ground around the stairs.
 * In the movie, the Cullens were surprised when Alice saw a different kind of vampires ( James' coven) coming, but in the book, Alice and the Cullens knew it since Bella came to their house.
 * In the book, when Bella was going to the Cullen's house, Charlie says the name "Edwin" to be of Edward's and asks Bella "Which one is Edwin?", but in the movie nothing close to that ever happened.
 * The order of the scenes were different.
 * 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 their Biology class, the movie seats are completely wrong. In the book, they sit in the very back in the middle row, with Edward on the right. In the movie, they are on the left side of the room, toward the middle, with Edward on the left.
 * 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 cafe in the movie, she asks him on their date in the resturant.
 * In the movie, James bites Bella on the wrist. In the book, it says James bit Bella on the 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, on the baseball field, Laurent says "You brought a Snack," but in the movie, this line is given to James
 * In the book, Bella believes she left her sweater in Jessica's car, while in the movie it could be concluded that Bella left her bag in Edward's car.

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

Here you use the books : Eclipse, Breaking Dawn and New Moon, Twilight is based on TWILIGHT there are going to be completely new movies for the others
 * 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. There is also no Lauren Mallory.
 * In the book, James reveals information about Alice's past; they make no reference to that in the movie.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Alice doesn't walk in 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 there is 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 said 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 "they 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 Edward shot questions at Bella at one point about random things but in the movie this scene is gone.
 * In the book, Bella and Edward have "days" where they each ask about each other. There is no mention of this in the movie.
 * Bella learned about Carlisle's history from Edward in the book. They never mentioned it 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 is 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 the 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 the different 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 mention 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, there is both a girl's choice dance and the prom, but in the movie there is just the prom.
 * 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 book during the baseball bit, Esme tells Bella about her baby dying and jumping off the cliff, but there is no mention of any of this in the movie.
 * In the book, Victoria's hair is supposed to be like fire-red sort of colour, which is significant in New Moon, but in the movie, her hair is a blondie-red colour.
 * 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 other's call her Bella
 * In the book Edward tells Bella that all the guys have thought of her.
 * in the Book, the people who die are hiking in the woods.
 * The Cullen's house is suppose 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 book, Bella only see's Charlie for an hour or so in the movie he's home when she's back from school and they always go out to eat.
 * In the movie, it ends with Victoria stalking Edward and Bella, but in the book its makes the ending more suspenseful
 * In the movie, Bella never finds out about any of the Cullen's past except a little bit of Edwards.
 * In the movie, Bella never passes out from James' bite. She sees everything that goes on.
 * They didn't use the line that told everyone why the name of the book/movie is Twilight. So for the people who haven't read the book will think there's no reason for it to be called Twilight
 * In the movie someone takes Bellas and Edward's picture at prom. In the outtakes of Twilight Esme takes their picture before they go to prom and Bella asks him if he will show on film. But in New Moon she did say that when Charlie takes their picture with Bella's new camera.
 * In the book, Edward sweeps Bella off her feet when she almost throws up because she sees 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 is lots on the wall in the movie
 * In the book Bella is afraid of blood in the blood type lesson there is no such thing in the film