MOVIE: Heyman comment from EW

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No: HPFGUIDX 26954

can someone explain the phrase "Deus ex machina" please...

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Haggridd" <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., caliburncy at y... wrote:
>   How do you guys interpret this quote?
> > 
> > "There are certain things that will be a surprise that aren't 
fully 
> > evolved in the book. You think about Voldemort.  You look at what 
> > happens in the end. It's so deus ex machina."
> > 
>  Am I missing something glaringly obvious?  (It 
> > wouldn't be the first time.)
> > 
> > -Luke
> 
> I doubt you are missing anything, Luke.  As much as I love PS/SS, 
the 
> ending is a classic "deus ex machina."  Albus Dumbledore suddenly 
> turns up and saves the day.  No explanation as to how he arrived at 
> his decision and no explanation as to how Quirrell/Voldemort was 
> defeated.  You might as well have lowered him down in a basket tied
> to ropes, a la Aristophanes.  So Heywood is 100% correct.  Perhaps 
he 
> is referring in the EW interview to there being some footage in the
> movie depicting  how Dumbledore defeats Voldemort, and not just 
have 
> Harry wake up like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" to find that 
> everything has turned out well.
> 
> Haggridd