Film of two halves

Rating: 5/10 (20 July 2008)

The suspense was great in the first half of the film, but in the second half I just wanted it all to end .In fact I didn't care what happened to the characters because I felt nothing for them . There wasn't any character building for you to feel what it would be like to be that person(like why he was a maniac and why he didn't think of his wife first instead of the money? ) and just when I was about to have a change of heart the whole thing ended.
I know a lot of it can be left to the imagination but sometimes I don't want to be doing all the work. As for winning the Oscar !! Not sure about that either?.Was the competition that bad ?!?!