Tempest film

I found the Tempest (film) to be a very loose adaptation of The Tempest (Shakespeare) but more similar to Shakespeare's version than Gloria Naylor's Mama Day was to Shakespeare. The film had the same general elements as The Tempest, yet it took until the very end of the film to get to them. The so called "rape" of Miranda by Caliban (in the film Calibanos) was at the very beginning, yet the character of Prospero (Phillip) didn't conjure up the storm or show use of any magical powers until the very very end of the film. Same with the courtship of Fredinand (Freddy) and Miranda, and the actual tempest! This made understanding the direction of the film very difficult... especially with the jumps in time and the bipolarness of Phillip. However, the film made up for this with how hilarious it was (intentional or not...). Calibanos was pure comic relief when he was singing with his goats as was Aretha and Miranda'a singing duet in the water stomping on the rugs. But to get back to the comparisons I think Mazursky's version was ineffective with the tellings of a modern day Tempest because the story was very confusing, yet his perspective on contemporary American lfe seemed on point. He drew in elements of the effects of media on youth, divorce, mid-life crises, and most of all how stiffling contemporary America can be. That is why Phillip wanted to get away and be completely exiled. I think ultimately Mazursky wanted to portray a happy ending with Phillip and his wife and daughter saying that you sometimes have to leave/lose things to be appreciative of what you have, but what happened to Aretha? It seemed Phillip left her high and dry which makes sense in this film because the film itself doesn't make sense!