A more positive 'Womb' review, and an interview with Matt about various things...

[the_willows]

Variety has a rather more positive review of the film 'Womb', which got a bit of a bum rap from some people at the recent Locarno Film Festival:

Comments

[mswyrr]

Womb sounds fascinating. And very creepy. I have a small problem with the review, though...

the strapping young man is killed in a car accident.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "strapping" means "Strongly and stoutly built, robust, sturdy."

No way in hell is Matt strapping. Lithe? Yes. Also slender, wiry, lean, skinny, kinetic, agile, athletic, slim, spry, energetic, etc.

But not bloody STRAPPING. WTF. That word does not mean what you think it means, reviewer dude!

[ladymercury_10]

Yeah, I thought that was a weird choice of words. Besides not being particularly applicable, it's kind of an awkward thing to call someone....

[mswyrr]

Really? "Strapping young man" is common enough, in my experience. Though it's usually used for young men who are actually strapping. Possibly the reviewer knew the phrase but not the particular meaning of the word and just... tossed it whole into the sentence without bothering to fact check

[mswyrr]

*by "common enough" I mean that Americans of my parents' generation use it. My mom throws it around if she wants to make me blush, i.e. "I've found a strapping young man for you! ;D"

[ladymercury_10]

Mmm, it's not so much that I thought of it as uncommon...just the sort of thing that is used to make, as you noted, people blush awkwardly.