My Star Wars Equivalent

I'm not normally one who gets excited about the release of a movie. I rarely rush out and see a movie on opening day or weekend, and I've never waited a line to get into see a movie. There has yet to be a movie that gave me such a sense of anticipation. Until now. This week a movie comes out that I can't wait to see. Laugh and judge if you will but I am out of my skin with excitement to see Rent.
I don't quite fall into the category of Rentheads, I've only seen the musical twice, but I love it. I have the soundtrack memorized -- if you've never heard my version while drunk or dying my hair count yourself lucky -- and considering how depressing it is, it makes me happy.
The first time I saw Rent, was on my first trip to Toronto in my last year of high school. From that moment on, my group of friends and I became obsessed with the show. I remember that somehow this group of nerdy, middle-class white kids in Fort McMurray related to this group of multi-ethnic, AIDS affected, gay, and dead-ass broke misfits in the show. The lyrics seemed to be so relevant to our teen angst, and our feeling of not fitting in anywhere. I remember that everyone cried, even the guys, even me. That year we even sang a song from the play in choir.
Eight years later, it seems silly how much we related to the script and its songs, but I still feel wierdly connected with it. And now when I listen to the soundtrack and start singing along I remember that group who I saw it with the first time, and how much we thought that play was speaking to us.
My second time seeing the show has nowhere near as much meaning, I saw it in Edmonton with a guy I had a crush on and the girl he had a crush on, he cried.
So as the movie of Rent finally hits the big screen, thankfully with the majority of the orignal broadway cast. I hope they don't screw it up, and I hope that Rosario Dawson doesn't fuck up as Mimi. I hope all the fantastic songs remain in one piece, basically I don't want it to suck. Is that too much to ask?
I won't be waiting in line, I doubt I'll get to see it opening night, but I'll see it the first weekend, and probably listen to the soundtrack for the next week.
Some people had Star Wars, the Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter, I have Rent.