Puppet movies, puppets used in movies, and movies about puppets.

To be clear, "puppet movies" refers to movies that are made for puppets. There is yet to be a movie made for puppets, so puppets remain an un-tapped demographic. That being said, there are plenty of them IN movies, weather people know it or not.

Some movies revel in the fact that they feature puppets, with notable examples such as the Muppet movies or Team America: World Police.

The Muppet Movie, one of many movies starring Jim Henson's creations.

But most movies that feature puppets make it a goal for the audience to not realize it's a puppet! A great number of the aliens in the original "Men in Black" were puppets, as were the larger dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park. 

The "Star Wars" series is full of puppets as well, with one of it's title characters being one! 

Jedi master Yoda in all his glory!
(In the later movies, Yoda was CG.)

In more recent movies, the use of puppets has been replaced with CG effects. CG is often used in places where a good puppet would work just as well. In the late 1990's and early 2000's CG was over-used to the tune of laughable results. Though animation is powerful, there are times where a puppet adds an effect that can't be gotten anywhere else. 

  

 One of my personal favorite movie puppets, "Brundlefly" in the 1986 "The Fly" remains impressive, even today. 

Men In Black III

I have always been a little weary of franchises that try and make a come back after many years due to a large line of failed attempts for sequels, but despite myself I was excited when I saw that Men In Black was making third movie. Many franchise after being dormant for years try and make a come back, I assume most of their motives are purely to make the next big block buster and many have failed for that reason. When you aim to make a movie purely so it will be a block buster summer hit it can often fall short of all the hype you inevitably create around it. Such examples are the fourth Indiana Jones movie and the new Star Wars movies to name two. A movie has to be made out of love and creativity in order for the fans to get behind and support it. I was not very surprised when I read that they were making a new MIB movie because it is in vogue to remake old movies or bring back a dead franchise, but when I saw the trailer I was happily surprised that they seemed to have a new take on the story. As most fans of most franchises will say, I liked the first movie the best, however the second one did an alright job pick up from a story that had seemingly ended. Though I am skeptical, I will definitely stand in line next year and see what a 10 year gap can do for this story.