At some point in time, guy mentions movie he liked as a kid and girl says she's never seen it. Guy freaks out and is like "What??? Are you kidding? You have to see it!" Then a couple days later he texts her being like "So do you want to come over and watch [x-movie]?" And then you get there and guy has made zero effort to clean up his place or buy anything to drink. He shoves his roommate's sweatshirts on the ground and offers you a seat on the couch. He spends the first half of the movie explaining to you why it's great and the second half trying to touch your boobs.
I'm not saying every date has to be a fucking hot air balloon ride. I love movies. I love sharing things that have made you the person that you are with someone new. I love the awkward moment where you go from not touching each other to touching each other and then by the credits, you find that you are wrapped in each other. I think this is a totally amazing hang-out if you are a) hook-up buddies, b) in a relationship, c) 16 or d) friends who are trying to figure out if you like each other as more than friends. But if you are a single guy over the age of 23 who actually really likes a girl, it is shocking to me that you think this is going to lead to her being interested in you. It's not about money or fancy restaurants or buying roses-- spending money and showing effort are so different. But the audacity of being like, "Let's watch a movie you haven't been interested in seeing up to this point because I want to explain to you why my taste should be your taste," is kind of a bullshit way of getting people to like you.
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