Micheal was a terrible Godfather. In the end it was all about him. Thus he dies alone with the cat. Remember Tom Hayden asks if he’s going to kill everyone. Micheal responds “just MY enemies”.
He thought by "taking care of family business" at the end of the first Godfather, he could move to Vegas and become legit, but of course all that did was ensure he would only have to deal with even more enemies and he could never get out.
I hated Gump....tripe for me.
Best movie character of all time, close call for me:
Gekko, Corleone and Cody Jarrett (James Cagney in White Heat), come to mind. Also Cooper in High Noon. Finch’s role in Network but there were more than one in that one. Rhett Butler in GWTW, Bogart’s role in Casablanca...so many beyond Gump. Damn, I’d even put superman beyond that one.