I must be in the minority here being that I actually like long cut scenes. (If they aren't bad.)
While I too long for more innovative, quality JRPGs...they're certainly still around if you go looking beyond the big names. Persona 3 and 4. Valkyria Chronicles, Tales of Vesperia, The world ends with you, Ys 1&2, Disgaea, Crisis Core, Jeanne d'Arc, even Lost Odyssey deserves to be in here. It's traditional sure, but it deserves more than people give it.
Those were just off the top of my head. They're not all straight up JRPGs, but they all hail from the land of the rising sun, and they all rock. 
Person 1: Does Valkyria Chronicles have trophies?
Person 2: No.
Person 1: Forget it. I'm not buying it.
Person 2: Wait! It's amazing! Unique, charming, drop dead gorgeous... Hello?
