As a Pole I think John Paul II was a pretty cool guy, even if he was a product of his times and would seem conservative and have outdated notions by today standards. So basically for the last ~40 years every other pope was a bro.
he was just over all a really decent person. and i feel like even if a pope doesn't do anything grand, as long as he is a decent human being to the point where everyone can tell just by looking at him, then i would call that a pretty good pope.