One leftover from the trip to Shore Leave was seeing "Fantastic Four". This movie rocked. OK, so it was no "Spiderman", but it captured the flavor of the original material. The relationships between the four main characters were prefect. Well, yes, the "love triangle" was a bit contrived, but the interplay between Ben and Johnny was hilarious, Sue and Johnny bickered like real siblings and Reed was a geek.

Michael Chicklis was wonderful as The Thing. You really believed he was living rock and not just a rubber suit. Johnny Storm's transitions into the Human Torn were seamless. Sure, Reed Richard's stretching looked goofy at time but, admit it, they looked goofy in the original comic book as well.

My only grip with the picture was Dr. Doom. While the costume was cool his being a "Donald Trump on acid" was disappointing. I can see why they went that way with the story they told but to leave any mention of Latveria to the last few minutes of the film was disappointing. And, I'm sorry, but Doom should have an accent almost as deep as Schwarzenegger.

If you go in to this movie expecting to see a comic book brought to life, you won't be disappointed.