A breakneck pre-credit sequence zips through the lush, iridescent foliage of Bird Island, a peaceable kingdom of complacently flightless fowl, introducing its hapless, heavy-browed hero Red (sparkily voiced by Jason Sudeikis) mid-assignment as an inauspiciously cranky children’s entertainer. If anything, the high-gloss beauty of the production sits slightly at odds with the gleefully scrappy approach of writer Jon Vitti (“The Simpsons,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks”), whose hell-for-feather screenplay catapult-fires a barrage of stray media references, coarse sight gags and deliciously terrible punnery at viewers - rendering the game’s simple birds-versus-pigs narrative motor practically incidental. If “The Angry Birds Movie” arguably arrives a couple of years past the pop-cultural peak of its source material, the finished film justifies Rovio’s avoidance of a quicker cash-in effort: Brightly accessible to viewers who have never so much as tapped the app, it could easily found a big-screen franchise of its own. credits to their names, it’s an impressive step up to the plate: From the reach-out-and-touch-the-screen plushness of the eponymous creatures’ plumage to the carefully considered 3D design, the film is a frequently dazzling feat of craftsmanship, saturated in tropical oil-pastel shades. The would split and fragment the lands that are important for reindeer herding, ruining the conditions for practicing reindeer herding according to the reindeer herding cooperatives" Harkki told Yle News via email.For first-time feature directors Clay Katis and Fergal Reilly, both longtime studio animators with major Disney and Warner Bros. The Sámi are an indigenous people whose right to their traditional livelihoods is secured by international agreements. "The impact of the railway is not a matter of conversation or interpretation. She said Vesterbacka's involvement in the project does not mean it makes it any more economically viable, saying that conditions for building the railroad have not been met because the effort doesn't have consent from the Sámi population who live and make their livelihoods in the area. News of the railway's progress on Thursday did not impress environmental group Greenpeace Nordic either, according to its programme manager Sini Harkki. "The railroad would have such an impact on the Sámi culture that the Finnish state should look at other alternatives than to build on the Sámi's traditional land," Sanila-Aikio said. Image: Kaisa Siren / AOPĮarlier this year a Finnish-Norwegian working group commissioned to investigate the potential of building an Arctic Railway found that the project would not be commercially viable.Īfter the working group's report was issued, Sanila-Aikio recommended to the Finnish government to ditch the plans. Open image viewer File photo of Sámi women amidst a herd of reindeer. However, chair of the Sámi Parliament, Tiina Sanila-Aikio said there have been no official talks or negotiations held regarding the plans with the Sámi Parliament. I am sure we can reach a solution through discussion," Vesterbacka said, noting that parts of the railway line could be dug underground or even above ground. "We have already talked to the Sámi and there are many different available options. Vesterbacka said concerns raised by the Sámi can be ironed out through discussion. The Arctic Railway has received a good deal of criticism from the region's Sámi population, because it is planned to run across ten different reindeer herding areas. "Passenger traffic will play an important role in the Arctic Railway, particularly that direct flights from Asia will be landing in Rovaniemi," he said. If you compare it to the tunnel to Tallinn, then the proportion of freight is only 20 percent - the rest is passenger travel," Vesterbacka said. "Freight transport is not the only thing here. "The Arctic Railway will feature trains that travel at a speed of 350km or faster," he said, saying that the trains will benefit tourists, noting that previous development plans for the long-discussed project have not taken tourism into consideration. Vesterbacka said the rail project will be completed within five to ten years, and if completed would create a quick connection from Rovaniemi to the northeast coastal city of Kirkenes in Norway. Open image viewer File photo of map featuing planned route of the planned Arctic Railway in Finnish Lapland.
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