Luck

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

You've mentioned that before, and I do think it would be a great premise for a show, not to mention make for some great costume porn, so to speak. The budget, though, I imagine, would be astronomical for a TV show.

I've never understood why they need to make their own racing scences.

Can't you just get a cheaper racetrack to let you film a few actual races and use them?

The racing scences are always terrible in every horse racing production. They're better in Luck than in any horse racing movie...and they're still pretty bad.

Why not just find a racetrack that will let you film races on the track. Put those cameras on the jockeys helmets and take as many flashy camera angles as you can for each race.

Hell, even film the trial races at EVD that so many soon to be first-time-starters in the state of LA compete in. If you pay the connections a few hundred bucks to wear saddle towels and silks I'm sure they'd be happy to.

After you have 100 races or so in the bank...pick the cuts from the most useful ones.

If you want to add anything to an actual racing scene ... go make the silks, go buy a similar looking horse, and add on to it.

Making an entire horse race from scratch is nuts and the end-result is always laughable.