The MIB Worldview
At the movie's conclusion, there is a massive zoom-out from Earth all the way back to reveal that there is an alien who has several other universes which the alien is using as marbles. I wondered about this. Is the filmmaker trying to send us a message of some sort or is it a kind of irony?
Is it that the MIB think they are protecting the earth from the scum of the universe, yet the universe is simply in the hands of the alien... so are they really in control?
Is it symbolic of an ultimate non-specific intelligence that is behind the universe, reflecting the Biblical concept (and the popular children's song) that God holds the whole universe in his hands, and we as his creation are ultimately under his rule which he executes within the biblical view that God is kind and loving and merciful, yet also holy and just and judge?
On the other hand, perhaps it's a deistic view that there is an intelligence out there but does not seem to care about the events of the universe, they are merely a play thing? We are merely a play thing of aliens?
Is it saying something about the events of the movie are merely universes bouncing off each other in a cosmic marble game? Why then do we attach (immaterial) significance to what is strictly material and insignificant things?
Or is it a combination of these? Just a bit of fun? Or is the writer expressing something of his belief about the world?
Anyway, just some thoughts. It's a great movie and just an interesting final scene.