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In 2005, Stephenie Meyer’s paranormal romance, Twilight, took the world by storm, launching what Forbes called a “Vampire Mania.” The book series ended with Breaking Dawn, which landed in stores in August 2008, just three short months ahead of the Twilight film adaptation’s premiere. Now, following the release of Midnight Sun — Meyer’s long-awaited novel, which tells the events of Twilight from Edward’s point of view — in 2020, newcomers are left wondering how to watch the Twilight movies in order. Luckily, the entire Twilight Saga is streaming on Netflix as of July 16, and Bustle has the full rundown of all five films ready below. Spoilers for the Twilight Saga follow.
The Twilight Saga centers on high-schooler Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), who moves to the sleepy town of Forks, Washington to live with her dad (Billy Burke) after her mom remarries. There, she befriends Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), an alluring young man who always seems to turn up right where Bella needs him, and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), a Quileute teenager who warns her that Edward belongs to a clan of vampires. The series follows Bella, Edward, Jacob, and their friends as they fight to create a safe, loving home for their families.
Below, a breakdown of the Twilight movies in order, from the humble beginnings of Twilight to Breaking Dawn — Part 2’s epic conclusion.
It’s no secret that Robert Pattinson’s screen time in New Moon is limited. And because the plot of the film is based on the eponymous book, Twilight fans understand the reason for his absence. Due to his breakup with Bella, the actor is really only present at the beginning and end of the movie. However, Pattinson also got to appear as a figment of Bella’s imagination.
Twilight fans will recall that whenever Bella did something dangerous in New Moon, Edward would appear as a kind of apparition and warn her against danger. This caused the vampire-obsessed human to engage in some dangerous behavior e.g. cliff diving and motorcycle driving in order to conjure her lost love. While the apparitions were essential to the plot, Pattinson found them particularly difficult.
Robert Pattinson reveals that his apparition scenes in ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ were challenging
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In an interview with MTV, Pattinson got candid about how challenging it was to make sure Bella’s visions of Edward in New Moon came out right. Delivering on performance wasn’t especially difficult for Pattinson. He simply talked to his fellow Twilight co-star, Kristen Stewart, to get a better idea of what her character’s understanding of Edward was in those moments of danger.
“It’s not Edward,” Pattinson shared about his apparition scenes in New Moon. “It’s a manifestation of Bella’s loneliness and desperation. As for being alone, I’ve always felt a little bit aloof as the character, throughout the whole series. I think that’s how he is, so I didn’t feel any different.” While Twilight fans may have wanted to see more of Pattinson in the second film, he actually felt that it was important that the story stay true to the book. He even talked to the New Moon director, Chris Weitz, about not adding scenes of Edward “moping” in South America following his breakup with Bella.
Quite a few of Pattinson’s scenes were cut out of the movie
Obviously, Weitz agreed not to beef up Pattinson’s screentime in New Moon with additional scenes. In fact, the director didn’t even use all of the apparition scenes that Pattinson filmed. Instead, The Lighthouse actor revealed that a lot of the scenes he filmed ended up on the cutting room floor.
“Even since it’s been edited, there were loads and loads of the apparition sequences cut out,” the Twilight star shared. “A lot of them Chris [Weitz] cut out without me saying. But, when I was doing ADR, I was saying, ‘It will be more interesting and mystical if you cut out more of these shots. It becomes more eerie and more realistic, the less of these visions you have.’ Just having head-on shots makes it something other than a vision. It becomes a superimposed image, which is not interesting.”
Pattinson’s decision to limit his screentime in the second ‘Twilight’ movie was the right decision
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While Pattinson isn’t in much of New Moon, most Twilight fans would likely agree that his absence serves the story. It makes Bella’s erratic and disturbing behavior more believable. Furthermore, it allows her to truly bond with Jacob Black. Pattinson certainly demonstrated that sometimes less is more and his instincts to campaign for less screen time paid off in this instance.