>>I was rooting for the colonel dude in the walking robot at the end. <<
If it was on earth, I would have been too. But looking at it from the reality created by the movie, they needed to leave the planet alone. They were very much like the aliens in Independence Day. The good guys won there too.
>> they needed to leave the planet alone
But it had great quantities of unobtanium that needed exploiting! Are you a capitalist, or are you one ‘a them socialists or what?
I’m kidding about rooting for the colonel BTW. Although you had to hand it to whoever build those robot things — they could sure take the damage!
I didn’t like the plot because it was shallow and cliche.
That’s just my 2c. But I will say the concept and execution were superb, and frankly the acting was top notch too. Sigourney Weaver was outstanding, for instance.