I disagree. I think the ideas are definitely there, they just haven't been expressed in the standard Hollywood "let's dumb it down to the lowest common denominator" way. I don't see it as sloppy writing, it's just been written more subtly and consequently, a lot smarter than some people are used to. And actually, that's what I found so refreshing about the film; the fact that they didn't feel the need to beat the audience over the head with their ideas, they just incorporated into the world and let the audience discover it by in the same way a person living in that world would.

How is it sloppy if you decide not to tell a birds eye view of the story. The WHOLE movie including the way it was shot (ground level, few cuts etc...) was told from one person's perspective of the world. If I made a film about trying to get a particular person that could possibly change the world out of Iraq right now, do I REALLY have to go into all the political ramifications that caused Iraq to be in the state it's in? Does it really matter WHY Iraq has gotten into that state, if all that matters is this particular person may indeed change it all.

I think if they would have given a reason for all the stuff people need explanations for it would have totally alienated part of it's audience because it would have been silly to some. There is a very delicate balance to Science Fiction. It's better to fill in your own reason.

It's not like we, as individuals know the real reason for anything that goes on in the world...we only know what's told to us through the news. Likewise we only know what this guy knows.