Robin Hood, final trailer

The 3rd and final trailer before the film premieres on Friday the 14th. Strange that I keep seeing reports on other movie sites that Robin Hood is getting “mixed to not-so-positive” reviews (doesn’t “mixed reviews” mean a mix of reviews that already range from positive to no-so-positive?). I know it’s early to be calling the climate favorable, but Robin Hood currently stand at 88% on RT. 3 out of 4 critics on metacritic give it a score of 80. Will there be some less-than-ecstatic reviews? No doubt. But the critics weighing in so far seem more than satisfied:

Empire (**** 4-stars)

When was the last time you saw a big, action-packed movie that felt like it belonged in its summer-release slot yet didn’t treat you like a 13 year-old boy? That had a coherent story, a zinging script, a confident edit, restrained use of visual effects and didn’t stink like an extended advert for its own merchandise?

…For all the blah of ‚ÄòGladiator with bows‚Äô (guilty as charged), the fifth Crowe-Scott collaboration is a much airier affair, the one-time Maximus here employing more of the twinkle we saw in Master And Commander or State Of Play than the scowl that so often defines his work.

Verdict: Grown-up but not too serious; action-packed but not juvenile… Not only is this the mullet-free Robin Hood movie we’ve been waiting decades for, it’s also Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe at their most entertaining since Gladiator.