Kingdom of Heaven International Trailer ...

Regarding the pro-western rah-rah, from what I can tell from the trailer, the film is about the Crusade where the Christians get completely destroyed at the Battle of Hattin and lose Jerusalem. They never controlled it again until after WWI, I think. So, not entirely pro-Western, if they stick to the history.
And hey, it's got a king with leprosy in it! I feel leprotic kings always add a certain je ne sais quoi to crusader flicks.

Yeah, and they're promising it'll be balanced but Scott's not exactly the king of subtlety. The last thing we need right now is a film that demonizes muslims. At least this one's not a Bruckheimer production ...

My friend actually saw a really early screening of this film and found it to be one of Ridley's better works.

Other things he mentioned:
- Edward Norton plays the King who has leprosy.
- The cut he saw was over 3 hours.
- The overview of both sides was actually balanced (although he heard that they may cut to make the Christians more heroic).