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You need to take the context and time period of a work into account. Does this mean that Greek myths are automatically "bad writing" because Deus Ex Machina is used? Tropes like these depend on execution, it's not just "bad" from the outset. There's also the fact that tropes become disliked because they're overused, not because they're inherently bad(like happy endings or redeeming villains).
This is a persistent problem on this thread; someone sees an aspect of the plot they dislike, they call it "bad writing". Yes, because there's an authority on this, of course, or people all agreeing must make it an absolute truth. I know it's your opinion, but the way this opinion is expressed gives off the impression that there's a definitive criteria for bad writing, and I kind of find that somewhat arrogant.
There are many ways in which people can critique or criticize a work. Sometimes it's internal consistency, sometimes lack of realism, sometimes it's a perceived shallowness of the work. Or sometimes it's all of them.
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