اليس تر is not correct by the way, if you wanna use it say الست ترى / الستى ترين ؟ and it means don't you see?? and the answer will be with بلى for yes and نعم for no. الم تر(ى) is a past tense question, so yes you may say it's more a state a situation than asking a Q. Or yoy may want the other person to answer, it depends on the tone you say it with. الم ترى الكتاب الذى كنت اقرأه بالامس لقد كان هنا ؟ and الم تر هذا الفيلم بالعام الماضى؟! and there is a sentence in Quraan such as ": أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ تَؤُزُّهُمْ أَزًّا {مريم: 83}." this one is a statement and it doesn't need an answer of course.
I hope you got it, if there is any thing you didn't understand feel free to ask^^