Free Willy is one of my favorite movies. I absolutely loved this movie when I was younger. I wanted to be just like Jesse and I wanted to swim with orcas and be a trainer that worked a Sea World. As I watched the movie again from a older more mature point of view, I saw a lot of values in the movie that I had never noticed before. I saw more love and learned a lot more about sacrifice.
In this movie, love plays a big role. It all starts off with Jesse being adopted by a young married couple who is willing to deal with anger, unappreciative attitude, and a host of other bad qualities. Being able to deal with those poor traits showed how deeply and truly the couple carried for Jesse just because he was Jesse. Love is also very evident between Jesse and Willy. They grow to trust each other because of their similar situations. As I watched their relationship grow and I saw the end result of the movie being that Willy was set free, it was interesting to see that love set them free. Since they trusted and loved each other, Willy could trust that Jesse wasn't going to harm him but get Willy back to his family.
Sacrifice was evident in the film when Jesse decides to give most of his time and money to buying Willy the fish that he likes to eat. Instead of buying other things that he could use for himself, he pulls together his resources to buy his whale friend the things that he needs and loves. Jesses sacrifices his own happiness to make Willy more happy. I once heard it said that the best type of love is a love that hurts. This means a love where you have to lose something or do things that you don't want to or give money. This was very evident in the relationship that Jesse formed with Willy.
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