mestberg

I don't understand the poor ratings. Having grown up watching musicals with my mom, this is a great one, particularly if you're of an age to remember Fred Astaire and Petula Clark.

It's a touching film, a great musical, a fantasy film, and a lesson about racial division, something that might've been considered slightly controversial back then. But it's done with humor, and its result is an eye-opener for the landowner.

I know I'm biased because I'm a Fred Astaire lover, but I always end up in happy tears at the end. I recommend watching it with your family and having a discussion at the end. It's for all ages.

My husband and I absolutely loved the first two seasons. I'm now beginning to realize that a good part of that was because of Jennifer Coolidge. She is deeply missed this season.

I'm afraid the writing is weak because it's basically the same stories as in the first two seasons, just different characters. And it's hard to really like any of them other than the masseuse. Everyone else is so irritating. The casting is lacking. Jason Isaacs is supposed to be portraying a southern businessman, but his British accent keeps breaking through. Patrick Schwarzenegger definitely seems to have been cast for the name factor, but he's not a great actor, and his character is really unlikable. And Parker Posey's overdone southern accent is annoying.

And what's missing in this season is that while the resort is gorgeous, it seems much more claustrophobic and not open like the other two locations in the first two seasons. You see the resort, and then you see the ocean, but you don't see the resort and the ocean in the same shot as you did in the other seasons. And unfortunately, the weather was not very forgiving because it was cloudy so much of the time. Maybe that was a production choice, but if so, it makes the whole story seems so much more dreary.

Was so excited for the new season, but disappointed as the story is slow, and the cast and scenery are not what they were in the previous seasons. I'm hoping that there is going to be a season 4 (so I originally heard there was not going to be), and I hope they can choose a better location and cast.

As someone who's watched soap operas most of her life, I've seen many come and go. This one is no different. I understand that they wanted to do something different and wrap it around the African-American community, but by doing that, you may also turn off some viewers who may be looking for other people who resemble them, too. I think it would've been much better if they had cast 50% African-Americans, and 50% of other races.

I really don't care for the lighting either. It's very dull. The hospital set is almost embarrassing as it looks like a hospital that you would see on a play stage.

The writing is really poor, and at sometimes, laughable. There were no long conversations to introduce the characters at the beginning. There were just short conversations regarding irritations and divisions within the family and community. There's no chemistry between the characters, except for Clifton Davis and Tamara Tunie, the patriarch and matriarch of the family, and their acting is unimpeachable. But other than that, there's absolutely no sensuality within any of the characters, particularly with the actors playing Ashley Morgan and Derek Baldwin. They could've easily cast those roles with attractive actors with a lot of sex appeal, but it's almost like they chose from the bottom of the barrel.

I was really hoping that this could be something good. But I'm afraid it's nothing special, which is disappointing. (And note: I question the "10" ratings. I can't help but think those were written by people involved with the show or know someone who is. There is nothing new and explosive with this show, and the cast is a C- or D+. They could've done SO much better.)