Who’s right

[someonehastoberight]

It’s Saturday night you want to play board games but your dp always vetos it. Your dp wants to watch a film, you prefer romantic comedies but he refuses to watch them so he chooses a action film to watch, you agree to keep the peace but your not that bothered about it. Is it rude to look at your phone or read/sew etc?

Similarly if your staying with family and one person dictates that you will all watch something on the tv but it’s something that doesn’t interest you are you rude to read /look at your phone?

I hate action or thriller movies with a passion.

However , it's nice to all watch a movie together.

If you can pick the movie every 2nd time, it's reasonable to all watch together.
If he always chooses, I'd be on my phone too.

It's never "nice" to watch a film that you'd rather pluck your eyes out than sit down in front of, whoever the company.

I absolutely cannot understand why anyone would have a problem with their partner reading/scrolling/whatever while they were watching a film. You’re still spending an evening together. What difference does it make?

Agree with this. My DH loves board games. I don't. So he has board game nights with friends who are into them. He doesn't expect me to play when I'm not enjoying them.

Films-wise, we like a variety of films so it's rarely a case of mine/his/compromise. There's some absolute tosh that I let him watch on his own. It OP's situation, it sounds wise to compromise/take turns as there's not so much overlap.