20 Movie And TV Scenes That Immaculately Depicted A Scene From A Book

    Even if the movie/show was ~meh~, at least these scenes were just *chef's kiss*.

    Farrah Penn
    by Farrah Penn

    BuzzFeed Staff Writer

    1. The sanctuary kiss in City of Bones.

    Screen Gems / youtube.com

    "The sanctuary kiss scene of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was perfectly done."

    —unnatidalal1812

    2. Outlander's wedding ceremony.

    Starz / youtube.com

    "The wedding episode from Outlander. From the marriage ceremony to the end of the night. If ya know, you know..."

    —katiek4eb45efca

    3. The bacon and eggs scene in Howl's Moving Castle.

    Buena Vista Home Entertainment

    "The rest of the movie is a complete departure from the book, but Calcifer being forced to cook eggs and saying 'I hope your bacon burns' was spot on!"

    —firefairy23

    4. Harry digging Dobby's grave in Deathly Hallows.

    Warner Bros. / youtube.com

    "The scene where Dobby dies and Harry digs Dobby's grave in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Dobby is happy to be with his friend, Harry Potter. Even the tombstone that reads 'Here lies Dobby, a free elf.'"

    —s463b03bd4

    5. Katniss and Peeta arriving in the chariots in The Hunger Games.

    Lionsgate / youtube.com

    "The introduction of Katniss and Peeta in the chariots! With that music...I cried the first time I saw it. It was so special!"

    —justmenow

    6. The birth of Dany's dragons in Game of Thrones.

    HBO / youtube.com

    "When Dany's dragons are born. Perfection."

    —kendalll1

    7. Thomas entering the maze in The Maze Runner.

    Twentieth Century Fox / youtube.com

    "When Thomas runs into the maze. And the 'great, now we’re all bloody inspired' from The Maze Runner."

    —munchkin06

    8. Katniss arranging Rue's body in The Hunger Games.

    Lionsgate / youtube.com

    "It's this huge, iconic moment in the books that plays a huge role in Katniss's story later. They did an excellent job capturing the macabre beauty of Rue's death, complete with flowers hiding her fatal wound. Absolutely a breathtaking scene."

    —p1nkl3m0n4d3

    9. The Dauntless compound in Divergent.

    Summit Entertainment / youtube.com

    "When Tris described the Dauntless compound in the book, it perfectly fit with how they portrayed it in the movie."

    —keke98

    10. The cornucopia scene in The Hunger Games.

    Lionsgate / youtube.com

    "As Katniss enters the arena and then the games begin. The chaos was palpable."

    —mvanpurren

    11. The junior class prank in the Looking for Alaska miniseries.

    Paramount Pictures

    "Absolutely hysterical. It perfectly captures how Alaska and her memory unites Culver Creek. From the Weekday Warriors and the main characters working together, to getting Miles’s dad on board, to the kickoff of the prank as Lara starts yelling: it’s perfect! And the part afterwards where The Eagle comes out and they think he’ll be mad, but he just laughs and says, 'it sounds like she wrote it herself' was exactly what i pictured in the book!"

    —liv2smile

    12. The scene in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when Harry brings Cedric's body back after he is killed by Voldemort.

    Warner Bros. / youtube.com

    "I love the juxtaposition of the distraught Harry clutching Cedric's body while the clueless crowd in the stands are cheering at them for completing the maze. Then slowly the cheers fade as the crowd realizes Cedric's dead, then finally Cedric's father's face slowly turning from delighted to distraught as he realizes what's happened to his son. It gives me chills every time I watch it."

    —l4d615bb5a

    13. The antelope hunt in No Country for Old Men.

    Paramount Vantage / youtube.com

    "Most of the film of No Country for Old Men, but mostly the opening scene with the antelope hunt. So on track with the book for like 85% of the film."

    —fstalkie

    14. When Peeta hit the force field in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

    Lionsgate / youtube.com

    "Jennifer Lawrence’s panic, the perspective switch to President Snow realizing he can use him against her, his fatigue afterwards, etc. It was EXACTLY how you’d imagine it to be from the book."

    —abbeyy47fce0c28

    15. The first scene in You.

    Netflix

    "The very first scene in the show. It is a perfect kickoff for what’s to come and introduces us to our main character while also getting so detailed. A perfect book-to-show scene."

    —finnegangc

    16. Bella's depression scene in Twilight: New Moon.

    Summit

    "The three months that Bella just sits in her room. The book was just three pages: October, November, December. When the movies were coming out, I was so curious to see what they would do. They did it in such an awesome way! Just circling around her!"

    —k4d8783368

    17. The shooting scene in The Hate U Give.

    Fox 2000 Pictures

    "Amandla Stenberg and Algee Smith did a great job portraying Starr and Khalil. They captured the feelings of the book characters really well!"

    —yessirbrebre_26

    18. The Perks of Being a Wallflower tunnel scene.

    Summit Entertainment / youtube.com

    "The tunnel scene. I cried watching it, both because of the scene and because of the adaptation of the scene."

    —appreciato_the_potato

    19. The desk scene in Dead Poets Society.

    Touchstone Pictures / youtube.com

    "The final scene in Dead Poets Society where they stand on their desks to honor Mr. Keating. I cried when I read it in the books and cried even more when I saw it in the movie."

    —puffle1327

    20. And finally, this iconic moment:

    Warner Bros.

    "YeR a WizArD hArRy

    iM a WoT?"

    —lolzies_

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