You cite things like the polar bear, Jack seeing his father, the smoke monster - a lot of these things are explained through, at least partially. There are some answers, but whether you're happy with the ones there were (and what is left open) is a rather subjective area. And it's pretty much the factor that's split people into 'love' or 'hate' camps.
And the Force is 'sufficiently explained, coherent, and understandable'? It's one of the vaguest concepts going (in what it actually is) in the original trilogy.
That said, I'll say again it was annoying that Whidmore was such a red herring - no respect at all for Jim Robinson there
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