Watching the same parts of a movie many times

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This reminds me of when I watched Top Gun (original) when I was in a children's home. One of the other kids sat there saying the script word for word at the same time as the actors. He must have watched it over and over to be able to do that.

I have been known to enjoy watching repeats of certain things myself but not to that extreme.

I thought it was quite funny at the time.

Skipping to favorite scenes in TV shows and watching them several times--yes. Especially those "key" moments of character development, emotion, or important "reveals."

The last week or so, I've been watching and re-watching "The Witcher" on Netflix over and over and over... From Episode 1 Season 1, all the way through the end of Season 2. (In my off hours each evening.) As soon as I get to the end, I find myself flipping back to the beginning and starting over again. So rare to find such a captivating story with excellent actors and characters, and each time I re-watch it, I notice something new. I think I've watched both seasons at least four or five times by now... Not sure how many more repetitions I'll indulge in before moving on to the next thing, but who cares? It's simultaneously entertaining and comforting... I guess maybe a form of "stimming" (?)

Like going back to visit old friends who never get tired of seeing you. Anyone else relate?

I find myself watching the same Austin Powers clips over again on YouTube.

There are a few movies that I watch over and over again, but I don’t single out specific scenes. I watch them from beginning to end.

I sometimes watch the scene of Mary Henry driving her car into the night and seeing the ghostly Herk Harvey (the director) appear beside and before her car in the 1962 black and white thriller, Carnival of Souls.

I watch some scenes over and over but then I am analyzing the scenes.

There are a lot of examples I could probably think of but the first thing that popped in my head was the opening scene from Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. It's just so dramatic and exciting, after the main theme ends and the words go up, and the camera pans down to a view of a ship in Coruscant's upper atmosphere with an ominous drum beat slowly getting louder, then the force theme starts majestically playing as two starfighters are flying over the ship until suddenly the chaos of the battle is revealed.

Sometimes I think about that scene and have to re-watch it on YouTube.

I've taken interest in the movie 'Boogie Nights' (a 1970s era film) - as I'm originally from the Los Angeles Region near where 'Boogie Nights' took place. I noted how 1970s era music I remember from the time (music I still seek-out to this day) was blended into the movie.

I've viewed the DVD with director's and actor commentaries, and deleted scences. I periodically search online for mentions of the movie e.g., people who discusses 1970s era memories of the time and places where the movie took place.

I do this sometimes, not usually very frequently, but I do. I did it more when I was younger.
Sometimes I'll put on a film to watch a certain scene, if it's funny, I'll watch it over again, like a scene where a man was stuttering in the movie, 'The Angriest Man In Brooklyn'.