Of FMV's and Gameplay

Is it just me or those FF games take up too much disc space in order to make FMV's and skimp on the gameplay?! I really have to hand it to FFVII, it was a game with FMV and gameplay most balanced of the entire polygonal species of the upper FF titles (VII to whatever). I played FFVIII and FFIX and I must say I was pretty disappointed because it was just too damn short with all those FMV's popping all over the place. FMV's are real pretty, but what we really need is addictive and serious gameplay!