Correct me if I'm wrong, but are you saying there is no point in judging which art is good and which art is bad because of the infinite factors that play into it, making any attempts at judgment unreliable and ultimately invalid? I would tend to agree, but also disagree -- or, at least, I'd say...
Fair point. Then I guess I hereby recant my Kung Pow nomination, and will instead go for ... well, saying The Room feels like a cop out answer (and I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it yet), so I'll just go with my favourite recent so-bad-it's-good movie, and say Venom.
Does Kung Pow count? It's so stupid I actually had to turn off half my brain cells about 90 seconds in. And then I just enjoyed it. I enjoyed everything.
That's also me and most Adam Sandler movies.
... so it isn't universal, yes? Sorry, I'm being pedantic, I know.
I completely agree with everything you said, though, and I'm not sure I see how it conflicts with what I said before. See, the thing is writing advice is advice, not the law. Context is always the biggest game changer. It...
Said bookisms are some of my biggest pet peeves in writing/reading, as well!
That said, I think any writing advice that claims to be absolute/universal tends to be pretty garbage. They're meant to be guidelines, not rules. Follow them a little, break them a little. What matters is you get your...