Participants watch the movie on a synced player while chatting, reacting, and sometimes even annotating a shared Google Doc in real-time. This has become a staple for online communities, especially during the pandemic and among neurodivergent communities (like ADHD Twitter) who enjoy "body doubling"—doing an activity alongside others virtually.
While Google Docs does not have a direct "Insert Video" button like Google Slides, you can still embed a playable movie using the following steps: google doc movies
It allows us to say, "I love this movie so much I made a pie chart about it," or "I hate this movie so much I tracked every plot hole in a ledger." Participants watch the movie on a synced player