and as the movie opens, phil connors believes he knows what makes his life worth living. and as i view the movie and there is a variety in which you can view it, i see phil connors initially illustrating freudian psychology. the freudian theory of the ultimate motivating factor for human behavior. why do we do what we do? what are we truly seeking? freud is well known for the pleasure principle, what ultimately motivates us is the pleasure that we seek. and today more than ever and sexual pleasure. so phil connors initially goes about his life seeking sexual pleasure and does so quite willingly, we could say. but it's not enough. you watch his character, because according to the story, he has to live this day again and again. he is forced to live out and intensifying and concentrated form, this theory of life. and he comes to realize soon enough, experientially, that the pleasure principle is not enough. phil will choose to kill himself and stop living rather than be forced into this one theory. it's not enough. the pleasure principle is not worthy of his humanity. that's