I just ran CM the first time myself. All the way through people were like "hurry up! Watch it later." Of course I watched the cutscenes as the events happened and those folks all ran ahead. I guess I was the only one who hadn't seen them or the only one who doesn't give into peer pressure because everyone ran way ahead. So far in fact that I didn't have to fight a single boss through the entire CM and Preatoreum. their impatience handed me the story, the endgame and 100 tomes so it worked out. Now I'll be more than happy to skip the cutscenes but I'm not gonna pressure anyone else into skipping them. Might work out for them too.