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Rose goes into great detail about the history of the Dhampir, Moroi and Strigoi. |
There is a vague and quick explaination. |
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Rose knows about Ms. Karp's issues and her removal from the school. |
She doesn't know anything about it.
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Natalie isn't very involved with Rose's trouble making. |
She is with her and helps. |
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Rose is able to figure out her relationship with Lissa using her own intelligence. |
Dmitri tells her about it.
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Lissa has many emotional problems and cuts herself. |
This isn't shown to be such a problem for her. |
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Lissa has an outburst at an academy party when some Vampires take advantage of a blood donor. |
This doesn't happen.
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The Psi-Hounds are trained by the Guardians. |
This isn't mentioned. |
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Dimitri is said to beat up his Moroi father at the age of 13. |
In the movie, it is stated that he did it at the age of 10
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There was no Strigoi attack prior to them reaching the Academy. |
There is a surprise Strigoi attack as Dimitri, Lissa and Rose approach the Academy at the gates. |
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Lissa is mad at Rose for telling on her cutting and goes to the ball without her. Rose goes with Mason. |
Lissa and Rose get ready for the ball with Natalie, and Rose only meets Mason at the ball.
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Lissa guesses Rose's feelings for Dimitri. |
Lissa has no idea about Rose's secret crush on Dimitri. |
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Rose doesn't like Christian so much. |
Rose seems to have opened her heart to Christian as a friend after they research Lissa's powers together, and hug as they leave.
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Rose is very strong willed, witty, sarcastic and such but in an interesting way.
Not to mention the book is supposed to be serious, the characters are a lot more mature than the movie makes them out to be. |
Rose is sarcastic in a boring way.
The directors, the Waters brothers, made this movie into a complete joke. Totally made it seem like a mean girls movie with vampires and Hogwarts (just by the clothes). |
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Mia is described as having blonde ringlet curls that make her look like a doll. |
Mia is said to have cut her hair and has a pixie cut hairstyle that makes her look like a boy.
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When Rose punches Mia, It's portrayed seriously. |
When Rose punches Mia, It's portrayed as comedic instead. |
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Rose breaks her ankle after she and Lissa go dress shopping. |
In the movie, It's prior.
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
When they go dress shopping, Rose attacks a man who offers Lissa a product, mistaking him for a threat to Lissa. |
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When Christian sets Ray on fire, The classroom is shocked and Christian is laughing hysterically after. |
In the movie, The classroom has little reaction and Christian does not laugh.
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Rose breaks her ankle falling through a rotted wooden bench. |
In the movie, Lissa has an Spirit outburst and causes a hole in the ground that Rose inadvertently walks into. |
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
Dimitri ups Rose's training and allows her to use a stake.
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
Headmistress Kirova uses a type of drug to knock out bad students and tried to use it on Rose but Rose gets ahold of it and uses it on Kirova instead. |
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When Rose and Lissa return to the academy, Lissa leaves Oscar behind. |
In the movie, Lissa takes Oscar with her.
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When Christian and Lissa first meet in the chapel attic, Christian says "Don't worry, I won't bite. Well, at least not in the way you're afraid of." and acts a bit arrogant. |
In the movie, he says "Don't worry, I don't bite. Well, only literally." and acts more hesitant and shy. |
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Lissa and Rose keep Lissa's spirit a secret. |
In the movie, Kirova knows and Lissa tells everyone in her speech.
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
When the guardians catch Rose and Lissa, Rose fights them and Dimitri tosses Rose with ease. |
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Ms. Karp had low control of all 4 elements. |
In the movie, it's Lissa.
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
Lissa uses magic to light a stick on fire and at a party, on a beer keg and candles. |
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Natalie is a somewhat less popular Moroi royal. |
In the movie, she's a full blown geek with glasses and frizzy hair.
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The students don't wear uniforms. |
In the movie, Moroi and Dhampirs students wear differentiating uniforms with Moroi wearing patches of their respective elements on them. |
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Rose abhorred any Rose-type jewelry. |
Rose falls in love with a Rose necklace and is crushed when it's too expensive.
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
Ms. Karp smuggles Lissa and Rose out of the academy, has them hidden in her car truck and compels Rose to forget until a later time. |
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
Ms. Karp was videotaping herself during her darkness-induced madness.
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Dimitri gives Rose the necklace from Victor. |
In the movie, It's Natalie. |
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Dimitri is very stoic to the point of emotionless. |
He seems to regularly smile and show emotion.
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Dimitri is lustful for Rose. |
He is genuinely interest in her personality. |
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Rose asks Mason to get Christian to sneak out books about St. Vladimir from the chapel attic. |
Rose and Christian simply look through them in the attic and Mason is not involved whatsoever.
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Rose and Dimitri talk much during the Lust Charm scene and he stripped her completely naked. |
The scene is much shorter with little talking and Rose is still in her underwear. |
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This does not happen in the book. |
When Rose is in Lissa's head, her eyes turn gold.
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Rose lies to Christian so he'll stay away from Lissa. |
Rose simply tells him to stay away because Lissa's flirting with him is just a phase. |
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Rose visits Victor in his cell because she wants him to remove the Lust Charm spell. |
Victor simply requests to speak with Rose.
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This does not happen in the book. |
Dimitri stops Victor from escaping by kicking a piece of ceiling molding that falls, at him. |
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Rose is respectable to Victor and refers to him with Royal terms when she talks to him. |
She doesn't and talks about beating his ass at cards.
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Lissa can resurrect the freshly dead. |
Rose states that Lissa can only bring back those on the brink of death. |
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Natalie simply hangs around Rose sometimes. |
Victor asks Rose to watch over Natalie.
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After Lissa feeds on Rose, She asks if she's okay. |
Lissa awkwardly says "Thanks?". |
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Rose feeds Lissa not long after waking her from her nightmare. |
Rose goes and drink a bottle of water before feeding Lissa.
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When Rose and Lissa are caught, Dimitri sees the bite marks on Rose's neck. |
He doesn't see them since the bite marks are on her shoulder and therefore covered by her jacket. |
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Rose keeps her crush on Dimitri secret. |
Not only does Lissa figure it out but Rose tells Natalie, too.
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This doesn't happen. |
Rose and Lissa get itchy when experiencing the effects of Spirit. |
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Lissa cuts herself manually. |
Lissa gets cuts on her arms automatically from using Spirit.
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Dimitri is alone when he catches Rose with Jesse. |
Kirova is with him and orders Jesse back to his dorm. |
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Ms. Karp is with the girls when the raven is resurrected. |
She watches from her window.
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Lissa finds a dead rabbit on the floor with a note threatening her to leave. |
Lissa is somehow led outside and comes across a dead fox hanging from the doorway with no note. |
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When Dimitri removes Rose's dress, he tosses it on the floor. |
He throws it into the fireplace.
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This doesn't happen. |
Rose asks Dimitri to kiss her and tricks him by finally flipping him. |
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Feeders are kept until old age. |
They are said to be able to leave any time they want but they are also kept for a year and are let go after compulsion is used to make them forget.
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Rose lies so she can go to church to still be close to Lissa despite being punished severely for running away. |
This doesn't happen. |
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The girls share a room and have a housemate named Jeremy. |
They have separate rooms and there is no mention of Jeremy.
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Dimitri keeps the girls separated when taking them back to the academy, preventing them from planning another escape. |
They are kept together and Rose is handcuffed to the car door. |
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The girls are taken back by plane, then car. |
They are taken by car only.
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The raven is found in the woods. |
It flies into a statue and falls on the ground. |
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Mason leads Rose to Jesse and Ralf so they can reveal the truth. |
Mason surprises Rose with them.
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Lissa is put on medication which prevents her from using Spirit. |
This doesn't happen. |
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The Air user torturing Lissa isn't blind. |
He is blind to prevent her from using compulsion on him.
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The dance is held in the daytime, which is "night" for the Moroi. |
It's during nighttime, instead. |
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When trying to rescue Lissa, Rose is sitting in the front seat and doesn't find Christian hiding in the back until they reach their destination. |
Rose sits in the back and discovers Christian there before they reach Lissa.
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After healing Victor, Lissa compels the guard watching her to not say anything as she sneaks out the window. |
She compels him to jump out of the window to which she climbs out after. |
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Feeders are fed on the neck. |
It's on the wrist.
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Christian warms Lissa in the attic with his elemental magic. |
This doesn't happen. |
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Rose explains how she and Lissa became best friends since kindergarten. |
This is not mentioned.
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Rose would party, drink and get high prior to her and Lissa running away from the academy. |
This is not mentioned. |
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Lissa breaks up with Aaron and gets together with Christian after the dance. |
She breaks up with Aaron after healing Rose's ankle and gets together with Christian at the dance.
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It was 2 years since the car accident happened as well as how long the girls were on the run. |
The car accident happened 1 year ago and the girls were on the run for a year and a half. |
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Mia is not a royal and her parents are servants. |
This is not mentioned.
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The term "Bloodwhore" is properly explained and Rose is deeply hurt when she is accused of being one. |
It is never explained and Rose isn't fazed by it, especially when Lissa call her it out of spirit induced anger. |
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Rose playfully flirts with Mason. |
She doesn't.
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This doesn't happen. |
Lissa finds out one of the feeders is a divorcee who writes Twilight fan fiction. |
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Lissa is religious and Rose isn't. |
This is not mentioned.
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Rose's mother sends her one e-mail. |
Rose's mother sends her two telegrams, one of which implies she's proud of her. |
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Rose makes sarcastic remarks and quips in her head. |
Rose constantly makes jokes and quips out loud.
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After Lissa feeds on Rose, Rose is still weak from blood loss and the high from the bite. |
Rose only seems to feel the high during the feeding and isn't weak from loss of blood whatsoever. |
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Lissa is with Aaron when Mia confronts her at the dance. |
In the film, Lissa is with Christian.
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
Lissa has a dream of Christian turning Strigoi, invading the school with other Strigoi, Dimitri being killed and turning her as well before circling in on Rose. |
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Headmistress Kirova is strict and capable. |
She acts unprofessional and everyone seems to walk over her.
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This does not happen in the book. |
Rose has Natalie lick the bloody message on the wall to see whose blood it could be and how fresh. |
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Dimitri buys Rose lip gloss. |
This does not happen as it emasculates Dimitri's character.
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Lissa is in the chapel attic with Christian, crying about her brother after healing Rose's ankle. |
She is feeding, instead. |
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At the dance, Lissa wore a sleek pink cotton sheath and Rose wore a silk black strapless short dress. |
Lissa wore a green dress with fingerless lace gloves and Rose wore a burgundy strapless short dress.
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Natalie helps her father because she truly believes it's for the good of the Moroi. |
It is unclear whether she helps him for personal reasons or she'd simply do anything he wanted. |
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When Lissa resurrects the raven, she and Rose skipped class to drink Peach Schnapps in the woods when they are caught by Ms. Karp. |
They snuck out during daytime to help Lissa with her magic to which Ms. Karp catches them.
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Natalie easily overthrows Rose. |
Rose is able to hold her own against Natalie and even almost stakes her. |
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Dimitri easily kills Natalie since she is a fresh Strigoi and doesn't have experience with her powers. |
Dimitri has notable trouble and Rose has to help.
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Dimitri stakes Natalie by himself. |
Rose helps by holding her down. |
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Christian is attacked by Psi-Hounds. |
He is shot by Victor, instead
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This doesn't happen in the book. |
The final scene is Ms. Karp and a bunch of Strigoi planning an attack. |
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Natalie kills Mr. Nagy to become Strigoi. |
In the movie, It's Ray.
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