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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3133115" data-attributes="member: 307">Liking a guilty pleasure isn't something people should feel bad for. I have several guilty pleasures myself. I know, for example, that Snakes on a Plane is a bad movie by any measure. It has a predictable and insanely silly plot, lousy dialogue, unconvincing special effects, and in many cases, poor acting. Yet it is fun for me to watch. However, that does not make it in any way a "good" movie.1. All opinions are not equally valuable. My eight year onld son's opinion concerning the value of art is not equal to the opinion of most adults for example. Once you learn that, you will be on your way to understanding what everyone else here is talking about.2. Art, by and large, is majority rule. It is a culturally driven medium, and the opinion of the culture is generally driven by the majority.3. Everyone gets to decide their own subjective taste in things, but that sdoes not affect the objectively identifiable elements of artistic work. Until you understand that an evaluation of art as "good" or "bad" is not entirely subjective, you will not understand what the others in this thread are saying.You tastes are your own, and cannot be gainsaid. However, your opinion concerning the value of a work as art can (and in many cases, probably are) wrong.And by that, you are stating that your, personal and indiosyncratic, opinion trumps the other, majority opion arrived at by consensus. Who, exactly, is trying to impose their opinion on others in this scenario?</blockquote>

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