Extremely Long Cutscenes, What's your take?

[Riachu]

twesterm said:
Cut Scenes have their place in games but anything longer than a minute without player control is venturing into dangerous territory.

 

That's an exaggeration.  Even shooters like Gears of War 2 and Killzone 2 have have cutscenes that can go on for 5 minutes at a time.