As cheesy as MGS4 often was I personally ate up all nine hours or whatever it was of its cutscenes, especially when there were little things sprinkled in like flashbacks, alternate viewing angles and being able to zoom in and move the camera around during them or play with the Mk II on the ship. Stuff like that is highly appreciated and perhaps only works in a series with a lot of history and an eccentric auteur at the helm, but at the same time you can only get the Big Boss emblem by skipping all that shit.
In short, it’s good to have options.