RE: The Godfather was his first and last truly good movie
I gather you didn’t like Raging Bull ( for which he won his second Oscar ) and the iconic, Taxi Driver?
Respectfully, Raging Bull was a great movie, but I personally don’t think it was that difficult to play a pissed off fighter when in reality, you are a perpetually pissed off person who envisions yourself as a tough guy. Never saw Taxi Driver, so can’t comment. Obviously, my retrospective analysis of his acting is very much biased by how irritating he is publicly now. He has, however, done a fair amount of schlock movies as well - including the ‘Meet the Fockers’ series of movies.