Say what you want damocles. With depth of field your eyes get more relaxed and it looks better. It´s absolute nonsense to show everything sharp. IF the player wants to see something sharp he can focus it and thats more interesting as seeing it sharp in the first second. It´s realy great to do it that way, because games ARE interactive. Movies and picture ARE NOT!
Why you don´t understand it? It´s not like you don´t see anything anymore in the not sharp area. You see something moving and if your itnerested you aim on it to get it sharp. Its totally simple and absolutely like in reality.