Terry's attacked Woody Allen, and lit bloggers are piling onto him like linebackers.
I think his career is basically dead (link goes to a post from long ago explaining why), but his films used to be alive in a way Hollywood products couldn't match: the hope in Hannah and Her Sisters's final scene, the exact categorizing of show business assholes in Crimes and Misdemeanors, the New York riff on 8 1/2 in Stardust Memories, etc.
Anyway. Just my personal opinion. But Terry, in response to your footnote: recordings of Allen's stand-up comedy are available and worth listening to if you get the chance.
Allen has received some harsh criticism over the years, often for what is, ATC, really solid work. I just can't understand what the complaint is, or why it's important. The man never fails to entertain, often in surprising and insightful ways. He takes chances and expresses his individual voice in a way rarely seen in fil-ums today. I will assert that you can't really be a person that enjoys movies fully and dislike *Everyone Says I Love You*. That's gratuitous. But try and have a conversation with any moviegoer that doesn't have a favorite (usually several) Woody*.
*Quiet, you...