Twilight The Movie vs. Twilight The Book
As someone who’s read the Twilight Book by Stephenie Meyers AND watched Twilight The Movie, I thought my readers might like to know how the two compare.
| Plot/Storyline | Twilight The Book by Stephenie Meyers | Twilight The Movie |
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Edward and Bella’s romance. |
It took me a while to accept their relationship, primarily because I knew it was doomed to fail. Edward, a vampire, will outlive Bella, who will eventually get old. However, I could understand Bella’s attraction to Edward: he’s gorgeous, he’s interested in her (a huge introvert), and he’s different. Bella was never one of the popular kids in school and aligning herself with the outcast crowd seems appropriate. Note: as of this writing I’ve only read Twilight, not the other books in the series. |
Any film would be hard pressed to capture the burgeoning relationship between Edward and Bella. There are scenes in the book in which they simply spend time talking. It would be difficult to convey these scenes on the big screen without boring the audience and increasing the film’s length. Therefore people who have read the books will more easily accept their relationship; people who haven’t read the first book might not buy Bella’s unwavering love for Edward. |
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The Cullens and sunlight. |
In Twilight the book Edward explains that he and his family don’t go out in the sunlight because their skin sparkles. |
The special effects were actually pretty well done. I initially expected something more spectacular but what they did actually worked. |
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Bella is extremely clumsy. |
This is illustrated several times in Twilight the book and helps explain Bella’s accident at the Cullen’s home and her reluctance to engage in physical activities like dancing. |
Bella’s clumsiness is referenced only once during the film. |
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Bella has a strong aversion to blood. |
In the book Bella passes out when she and Edward perform a blood typing experiment in class. |
This scene isn’t included in the movie. |
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Alice and Jasper guard Bella. |
In the book Bella decides to ditch Alice and Jasper at the hotel where they’re hiding out from James, the homicidal vampire with enhanced tracking skills. |
In Twilight the Movie Bella abandons Alice and Jasper at an airport, and leaves a note for Edward. |
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Some of the vampire “kids” in the Cullen family have special powers. |
As per the book: Edward: can read minds (except Bella’s). Alice: can see the future. Jasper: feels the emotions of those around him and has the power to alter them. |
Only Edward and Alice’s powers are explained in the movie. Had they explained Jasper’s power (and his background) it might have helped justify his “deer in the headlight” look in the film. I wonder what Jackson Rathbone (the actor portraying Jasper) thinks of his onscreen persona. |
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Jacob Black and Bella’s relationship. |
Bella first meets Jacob at a beach outing with some of the kids from school. She later flirts with him specifically to learn more about him, his people, and why they appear to dislike the Cullens. |
Bella meets Jacob at the beginning of the film, when he brings his father Billy Black to visit Bella’s father. Bella and Jacob don’t have many scenes together in the film. |
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Prom night. |
In Twilight the book, the prom takes place in the high school gym. |
In Twilight the movie the prom occurs at a REALLY NICE bed and breakfast. The prom is quite fancy looking for such a small town. |
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Edward kills James. |
In the book we never get the details about what transpires between Edward and James; we simply know that he killed James. |
The movie shows us how Edward kills James. As a matter of fact, this is one of the pivotal scenes in the film. Additionally, we learn that the other Cullen kids are present at the time of the killing. |
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The Nomads (James, Laurent, and Victoria) |
We’re first introduced to the Nomads when they approach the Cullen’s during a family baseball game. |
The movie does a great job of foreshadowing by first illustrating the viciousness of the Nomads. When they meet the Cullens we immediately understand the importance of hiding Bella from them. |
Overall, I enjoyed both the book and the movie. I’d give the book a higher rating than the movie, but then again, any director would be hard pressed to fit a 500+ page book into a 2 hour film. Stephanie Meyer has done an outstanding job with her books and I can’t wait to start reading New Moon, the second installment.
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It was in the book where Bella ditched Jasper and Alice at the airport, not the film. And Bella’s clumsy nature was shown more than once in the film. 1-Volleyball scene where she meets Mike and Jessica. 2-She slips over at the school trip. 3-Falls on ice
It was in the book where Bella ditched Jasper and Alice at the airport, not the film. And Bella’s clumsy nature was shown more than once in the film. 1-Volleyball scene where she meets Mike and Jessica. 2-She slips over at the school trip. 3-Falls on ice. Still prefer the book completely except from the killing James scene.
i hated the movie compared to the book but not compared it was good but there was alot skipped in the movie!
Agreed. With a book as large as Twilight they’d be hard pressed to cover all of the subplots in the film.
yes there was a lot skipped in the movie. I hated that!!!
I completely dislike the movie even though Robert Patterson was terrible as Edward I sorta like Kristen Swetart. Why do I say robert Patterson sucked ? #1 lacks the charm of Edward #2 the grace of Edward
#3 he lacks the looks of Edward in beauty color width everything i mean every thing about him is wrong of the role he has acctually read the books and has tyhe nerve to play Edward knowing how wrong he is for the job although i don’t think there is a human only the planet with the ablilty to accurately portray EDWARD CULLEN no one’s that beautiful i’m sure he’s a great actor but he’s no Edward Cullen
AGREED!!!!!!! ;D
to make it clear i LOVED the books more than life itself the movie just wasn’t fantastic
In the book jasper and emmett kill james. edward just “Pulled him off”. And in the movie Alice kills James.
You’re wrong,Alice pulled off the head while Jasper and Emmet pulled apart the body and burned it.
I loved the books WAY better than the movie. The books have a lot more details and Khadijah is right. Robert Pattinson is not the right guy to play Edward. Taylor is SO the right guy to play Jacob. HE IS SO HOT!!!!!
I’ve read all of the books. I like Breaking Dawn the most because of the drama. Khadijah is right, Robert isn’t the right guy to play Edward, but now that I’ve seen the movie, I can’t picture anyone else to play the characters. It would be weird to watch Twilight and see someone besides Robert playing Edward.
i agree that it would be hard to find someone (human) to meet the expectations we have of edward cullen in our minds. in mine he looks like rider strong (shawn hunter from boy meets world.) i think robert pattinson did the best he could though. i like him better as edward than kristen stewart as bella. i think KS is a little to snotty and unfeeling to be bella.
I adore Twilight, especially the newest one.
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