I prefer viewing films the old way as well, although the new Film Viewer provides a lot of valuable info. Perhaps if the checkbox was to opt IN to use the in-flight views rather than opt out, so it's not on by default.
Reviewing a sortie with recorded views off allows you to see things you missed at the time of the flight - like "where the hell did THAT $#%@! come from?!"
Of course, the Film Viewer will be supremely useful when the editing function is fixed.