No, I didn't say I don't like Dern. I said I'm not a fan of her.
And yeah I said this could be part of why I didn't think the scene was that great.
I think the scene would've been better in two ways:
1. Don't let her turn her face yet. Just let Albert say Diane and either not show anyone or just show the back of her head.
2. Let her show her face but make something else happen too.
Now the only thing I got from the face-turn was that ok, it's Dern who is Diane.
And because I think of Dern as pretty much the same as, say, the actress who plays the woman who got murdered by the little guy - meaning that while I don't think she is bad in any way or form as an actress, she is not one of those whose name makes me excited that she is in whatever I'm about to watch. She is just one of the actresses to me. I don't hate her in any way and I don't "not like" her.
But I get that someone who is a huge Lynch superfan and has been excited about Dern since Blue Velvet and was excited of her being in Inland Empire would get extra kicks out of this reveal.
Also, for the record, I don't like Blue Velvet that much either. I think Inland Empire was better.
The Diane scene wasn't bad. It just was a bit disappointing. No more, no less. An ok scene, but a bit disappointing. I mean, everything that happened with Albert before that moment were much more interesting to watch than the initial reveal of Diane.