FROM CHILDREN'S BOOK TO EPIC PREQUEL: PETER JACKSON'S TRANSFORMATION OF TOLKIEN'S THE HOBBIT.

The article presents criticism on the film "The Hobbit" directed by Peter Jackson, adapted from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel of the same title. It demonstrates how Jackson had developed the film in a direction that Tolkien had taken and explores how he accomplished a shift in medium, from children's novel to adult film. It is noted that the film has represented a personal and individual rendering of the novel.