My pet peeve is horses making noises in films that no horse would make in that situation in real life.
I think TV/movie directors ask if there is anyone on set who knows anything about horses, and if there is, they are immediately fired. Here's a good one: Champions - true story of Aldaniti and his jockey for the Grand National, Bob Champion. Aldaniti appears as himself - a real treat.
When the horses don't act up, like I understand most don't act up, but they have bad days, and when those actors are tugging and ripping at that poor horse's mouth? If I were a horse, I'd buck them right off.
When the horses don't act up, like I understand most don't act up, but they have bad days, and when those actors are tugging and ripping at that poor horse's mouth? If I were a horse, I'd buck them right off.
My pet peeve is when the horse stunt doubles look nothing like each other, and even the riders stunt doubles are very obviously not the actor. The dated and unrealistic riding clothes are another pet peeve. Or when they zoom in on the rider supposedly galloping and it's really just the actor jiggling around in front of a green screen and looks very very fake.
All spot on. It drives me nuts to see actors walking the horse on the wrong side and other handling problems, like putting on a saddle with the stirrups down.
All spot on. It drives me nuts to see actors walking the horse on the wrong side and other handling problems, like putting on a saddle with the stirrups down.