Hands down, when we were at the Chicago Flashback Weekend Convention, the biggest thing on the fans’ minds concerning the Twilight movie was “Why didn’t they say ‘I love you.’ in the movie?”

We must have been asked that question, no joke, by at least 100 people. So, when we had a chance to submit questions to Catherine Hardwicke, the one we picked was about just that.

You can see it on the Twilight Saga website:

Laura (AKA Pel): Why did Edward and Bella never actually say the words “I love you” in the film?

CH: For me, they said they loved each other in much stronger ways than actually saying the words.

From the responses on this blog at the original time we covered this, we’d say that most people were less than happy with that answer. People understood that in a movie things get cut, but having the two main protagonists in an epic love story say “I love you” is kind of important. People also listed several places where it could have been said: the hospital room, the meadow, when he puts her n the car, etc.

So given this, the Examiner brings up a really valid question :

“Since Rob Pattinson didn’t say ‘I love you’ in Twilight, will he say ‘Will you marry me’ in New Moon?”

Check out their article here.