yeah though that isn't a reason to hate it in my opinion. this series has very much been about telling a story, and as the player you can take it in as you play but can't affect it.
yeah you have a point. I just think it's more the fault of poor pacing. I get why they showed all of ellie's pov before showing abby's pov, but it slowed things down a ton and hyped up the theater scene a lot