Mobile phones and their impact on communication

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I recently re-watched A Few Good Men, and there's a scene where Demi Moore's character shows up to Tom Cruise's character's house, he shows her in, and then she invites him to dinner on a date. This made me think about how much life has changed since the introduction of cellular phones or phones in general (however wired telephones have been around since well before the sexual revolution, so let's ignore them for a moment).

I imagine that before all this reachability, if you wanted to invite someone out, going to where they live and doing so in person was seen as a viable option. Since you're there in person it would be more difficult for the other party to refuse and they would be more committed. Nowadays on the other hand, while cell phones have ostensibly made everyone more available, the cost of that availability is the ephemeral nature of the communication. Texts or IMs are easily brushed aside and the very culture encourages putting as little effort as possible into these messsages. Plans are responded to late, yet are easily flaked out on at the last minute just because women (I pick on them since they're the chief culprits) think that if they have the capability to inform you at the last minute that they're not coming they have the liberty to. Now, it could be that this scene was just introduced in the movie for dramatic effect because it would be awkward to watch a scene where Demi Moore and Tom Hanks talk on the phones, but I think it reflects a lost aspect of another age. What do you think?