I just saw Team America: World Police. It was really funny. I thought it was a pretty spot-on send up of action movies and American foreign policy. Plus there were puppets and explosions.

I thought the puppet use was great: very interesting to watch and put a nice layer of absurdity on all the events. They switched up between marionette and stringless puppets to vary the camera angles and scenes enough that the movie didn’t feel constrained by the puppets.

My favorite aspect was the not subtle… but casual humor style. They didn’t shy from a joke but weren’t too in your face about it either because the characters never acknowledged the absurdity of their actions. The songs were really cute too.