Holy cow, this is one of the best films to come out in a good long while.
I am a disciple of Tarkovsky, and while this film is not even what I would call Tarkovskyesque, it opens me wide to the all infinite inspiration of the world the way Andrei's films do. This is why I give a sh*t, all the way around.

Do a search, there are two current threads running on the movie Russian Ark