Beyond all the overdone goofy shit, Metal Gear cutscenes would be a lot less terrible if they just got rid of all the needless pauses. Every scene, every shot goes on for ten times longer than it should because they need to cram in all those ".......?" lines.
I can't remember if it was something I read in a magazine or saw in a live interview, but I do remember an interview with the voice actor for Solid Snake talking about MGS1. He explained that it was one of the easiest jobs he ever had, as all he had to do was repeat the last thing said back to him as a question (Metal Gear?!) every time it was his turn to speak. I still think of that every time I play a Metal Gear title.