I love the animations, and the cut scenes. If I need to I can speed them along so I don't see the problem. I think its partially a generational thing though, since I am old and played games that didn't really have stuff like this I always think its a treat when they are provided.
And as has been mentioned they have really made solid improvements through every single patch. I think Larian knows that as part of the broad appeal of the game it has to have enough quality to pull in the people who see gaming as another form of watching a movie on Netflix except with interactions.
