English Saddles in Movies: Nice and shiny, always sparkling black or a nice dark brown. Clean, and if they get dirty they are easily cleaned. Stirrups sparkle, and the straps have no creases.

Western Saddles in Movies: Completely decked out, lots of decorations, SHINY! Thousands of straps, always clean and non-tangled. If an old western, they 'dust' it with dust.

Real life: Just one huge mess.

But really, they work, they aren't being damaged, they are broken in,
Sounds good.