This makes it tempting for the kind of guy who's too nervous to talk anyway, and likes to just sit there thinking "OMG she's right next to me!" and enjoy torturing himself with the tension, but it isn't very helpful in the long run.
For a while you can just sit there and get comfortable with each other. No one expects the guy to be smart or funny during the film, because everyone's silent anyway. Plus the film gives you a topic to talk about afterwards, where it's easy to add a cup of coffee to prolong the evening.
But I guess you are right, it depends on the kind of guy.
I feel like I'm getting mixed signals here

soilent brad is PEOPLE!
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = EM2C <-- Define it!
"Uh...we don't support the Hannah Montana empire."
- My 6 year old niece
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = EM2C <-- Define it!
"Uh...we don't support the Hannah Montana empire."
- My 6 year old niece
So the hot girl at work is single. What to do...?
03/05/2010 11:02:31 PM
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How well do you actually know her?
03/05/2010 11:07:21 PM
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Hmm... you've a point there.
03/05/2010 11:45:36 PM
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The reason cinema dates are bad is because you can't talk.
04/05/2010 12:24:33 PM
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But that's a good thing
04/05/2010 12:34:02 PM
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Hmm...
04/05/2010 06:09:56 PM
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Learn to talk.
04/05/2010 01:35:46 AM
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I'm much more talkative than when I first found wotmania 8 years ago
04/05/2010 02:40:46 AM
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Um. That already sounds like an awkward date.
04/05/2010 01:52:45 AM
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Possibly, yes
04/05/2010 02:10:27 AM
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Not really ... I love this girl I work with and she's the exact opposite of me ...
04/05/2010 06:30:44 AM
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Movie and then to a cafe/pub/something not-dinnery afterwards
04/05/2010 10:59:05 AM
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Not to sound too harsh...
04/05/2010 10:24:36 PM
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I'm an extreme introvert, and can be socially inept even around some of my closest friends/family
05/05/2010 12:30:46 AM
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