Iron-Orchid, no, I am not talking about particular people and how they choose to live. What I am talking about is the idea of community and its positive effects on personalities. You know that every person has a lot of good and bad in them, but certain circumstances, certain surroundings and certain people bring up the best in us and certain - bring the worst. So, it is actually not true that because I do not know my neighbors here I would not want to know them in a smaller place. As I said, I lived in smaller town before and I spent a lot of vacation time in different small communities and when I get into those kinds of environments, when I see how welcoming and open people are to me, I become the same way. It brings out the best in me. I am not saying that 100% of people in small communities are great or that 100% of people in big cities are bad. But it is a proven fact that big cities tend to alienate people from each other. So when I am in a big city, I am always inside my protective shell keeping all the good inside (yes, I behave nice and polite, but not open, because there are strangers around me, they don't care about me, I don't care about them). But small communities and simple life and simple people often amaze me. Have you tried to live in a small town? It's a totally different world...
I am not moving anywhere just yet, but once I am closer to retirement - damn sure. Or maybe even before that. I like big cities, because they provide variety as well as better job opportunities. I would want to live near a big city for a change, to be able to go when I want to, but I am definitely seriously considering moving to a smaller town one day... Back to what I consider real.
You are saying "The fact that our world might not be perfect in our eyes means that it is perfect, because it's the only world we ever had." Ok, we are far from perfect, all of us are. But does that mean we should just leave it that way and not even try to be better? What about self-improvement?
Anyways, back to the aliens and it being a fairy tale. Yes, the message is there, sure. But still it is a fairy tale. So it is fine that it is idealistic and perfect. That's what fairy tales are like.
As to the storyline, I honestly do not think it is that important in this kind of movie. The visual impact was the main thing for me. The movie is not even a movie, but like a reality game of a sort. It's about what you see and experience. The story line, in my opinion, was only designed with one purpose: to connect the dots and hold this all together.