Spider-Man: Far From Home, a film from The Marvel Cinematic Universe, continues to show audiences that Kevin Fiege, head of the MCU, knows what he’s doing. After the success of the past installment, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Jon Watts returns to direct his soon-to-be trilogy. The film explores the universe after the catastrophe of Thanos, from a more “relatable” viewpoint. The protagonist, Peter Parker, deals with balancing his civilian life versus his superhero life while on a vacation in Europe for a class trip. The adventure contains light hearted humor along with witty action between Spider-Man and his “surprise” villain. The film opens up with Peter Parker and his class going on a vacation to “blow off” steam from the recent universe-changing events. 

This two-week summer field trip to Europe gives Peter the motivation to ask out his crush, MJ, out. However, Nick Fury, the founder of the Avengers, has other plans in mind for the teenage superhero. As new interdimensional creatures arise, Spider-man must take the wheel of Peter’s life. Peter, on a mission to fulfill his wishes to ask his crush out, wants to get rid of these monsters as fast and as quietly as possible. To this point in time, only one man has stood up against this new threat and managed to tell the tale: Mysterio, a “brave” new hero. Spider-Man joins forces with Mysterio to lend a hand in the battle, only to make a calamitous mistake. 

Spider-man is so focused on asking out MJ in the “right” way, that he is blindsided by Mysterio’s true plans, To take over Spider-Man’s spot within Stark Industries. This movie’s entire plot stands on how Peter Parker has lost sight of his “Spider-man responsibilities”. This is why I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It takes the usual “super-hero has lost sight of his/her personal life” and flips it on its head. Peter is still struggling with the responsibility that a loved one gave him. This scenario can be related to fathers giving their business to their sons or even a deceased mother’s garden being left to the children to take care of. This film tackles the human desire to branch away from responsibility by telling a heroic tale of self-discovery.