Sadly I do see this some of the time and you really can tell for group/people that will do anything to skip stuff placed in the game. Since the flashpoint that you were entering is the very first one you can enter into the game as a nOOb I suggest to take a companion and if your nice some new players into the flashpoint and just steamroll your way through. That way you get to see the movies and so to for the new comers.
As a side note, I tend to only spacebar when I do see people "types" like this in the group or if I'm in a rush, however if I win the roll I do tend to want to enjoy my toon talking and taking the spotlight in the MOVIE EXPERIENCE!
So in closing, if you really want to see the movie because your new to it, just do a normal mode. Hard modes is more of the game content, NOT the movie content(as that never changes unless you all of a sudden want to go from light to dark and vis-versa).
An added tid-bit is to watch a youtube video of the HardMode fights so you do not express yourself as "new". A new person just starting hard modes is not very welcoming, sure we all had to do it at one time or another, but we still don't have to enjoy it.