There were two story lines basically . A) the life of movie star Rick Dalton on set B) Brad Pitt after he picks up the hitch hiker. Then a climax. After watching this film, storyline a is way way way too long. Almost 2 hours. It's a unique film as it potrays life on a movie set I suppose but I didn't fancy watching Leonardo DiCaprio " as an actor acting as an actor "...for two hours . Only once Brad Pitt arrives at the Ranch is when things really start to become intriguing. Looking back on the film now, the first part did not have to be that long. The only thing that connects the climax to story line A is that the characters are the same. Nothing that happened Rick Dalton shooting scenes (story line A) had anything to do with the ending of the movie really.