History YMMV / XMenOriginsWolverine

* RetroactiveRecognition: Runs into issues with the above, of the "How the heck did Music/TroyeSivan grow up to ''that''?" variety.

** Many viewers were looking forward to the movie just for having the first live-action version of Deadpool. They... changed their mind when the movie came out. Though Ryan Reynolds as pre-transformation Wade Wilson is unanimously considered a highlight of the film, which [[Film/Deadpool2016 eventually resulted in]] [[Film/Deadpool2 ''much'' better things.]]

** Wade Wilson[=/=]Deadpool. After getting the chance to display a weary snarky persona, he's taken out of the film until the climax, where we see that Stryker has basically turned him into an HumanoidAbomination. His mouth being sewn shut essentially robbing him of the sole trait he had in the movie.

** The song "Youth" by Troye Sivan? Now, think about the fact that he played a young Wolverine. [[DontExplainTheJoke A.K.A., someone who has healing powers that allow him to be young.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Runs into issues with the above, of the "How the heck did Troye Sivan grow up to ''that''?" variety.

** Wolverine lighting a trail of fuel with his claws and blowing up the helicopter.
** Wolverine and Sabretooth vs Weapon XI.

* CriticalBacklash: Granted, it's not going to be on anyone's favorite ''X-Men'' movie list anytime soon; however, the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' led to people viewing this movie in a more positive light and what helps is it's entertainment value, the origin story, great action scenes which all in all makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone (as well as incomplete story as it was originally intended as the first movie of a trilogy) of ''Dark Phoenix'']]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'', thereby making this a simple, yet fun, standalone action flick, and that way developing a CultClassic.

* CriticalBacklash: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon; however, the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' led to people viewing this movie in a more positive light and what helps is it's entertainment value, the origin story, great action scenes which all in all makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone (as well as incomplete story as it was originally intended as the first movie of a trilogy) of Dark Phoenix]]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'', thereby making this a simple, yet fun, standalone action flick, and that way developing a CultClassic.

* CriticalBacklash: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon; however, the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' lead to people viewing this movie in a more positive light and what helps is it's entertainment value, the origin story, great action scenes which all in all makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone (as well as incomplete story as it was originally intended as the first movie of a trilogy) of Dark Phoenix]]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'', thereby making this a simple yet fun standalone action flick and that way developing a CultClassic.

* CriticalBacklash: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon however the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' lead to people viewing this movie in a more positive light and what helps is it's entertainment value, the origin story, great action scenes which all in all makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone (as well as incomplete story as it was originally intended as the first movie of a trilogy) of Dark Phoenix]]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'', thereby making this a simple yet fun standalone action flick and that way developing a CultClassic.

** [[MightyGlacier Fred Dukes, AKA The Blob]], is also pretty well received. He's [[AdaptationalHeroism much more sympathetic than his comic book counterpart]] and has a short but funny fight scene against Wolverine.

* FoeYayShipping: Wolverine and Sabretooth have always had a fair amount of FoeRomanticSubtext that's attracted the eye of shippers, because of the intense, obsessive, vitriolic and ultimately unhealthy rivalry they share. The two mutants being portrayed as brothers in this film didn't put a damper on the pre-existing Logan / Victor ship. In fact, Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber's macho, tough guy portrayals of the rival, feral mutants actually increased it.

** At one point, Wade Wilson said "Thank you, sir. You look really nice today. It's the green. It brings out the seriousness in your eyes." Ryan Reynolds would later portrayed ''[[Film/GreenLantern2011 Green]]'' [[Film/GreenLantern2011 Lantern]], the role that he would happily mock [[SelfDeprecation along with this portrayal of Wade Wilson (well, post-transformation, anyway)]] in [[Film/{{Deadpool 2016}} his next appearance as Wade Wilson]].
** The song "Youth" by Troye Sivan? Now, think about the fact that he played a young Wolverine. [[DontExplainTheJoke Aka, someone who has healing powers that allow him to be young.]]
** Wade Wilson is placed as Weapon XI in this film, the successor to Wolverine. Recently released comic book ''Wolverine & Captain America: Weapon Plus #1'' reveals that in fact comic Deadpool is Weapon ''IX'', the precursor to Wolverine.

** Many viewers were looking forward to the movie just for having the first live-action version of Deadpool. They... changed their mind when the movie came out. Though Ryan Reynolds as pre-transformation Wade Wilson is unanimously considered a highlight of the film, which [[Film/Deadpool2016 eventually resulted in]] [[Film/Deadpool2 much better things.]]

** Practically everyone agrees on the sheer awesomeness of the opening credits scene featuring Logan and Victor fighting throughout the wars.

** Though Wolverine's bone claws are well done, his adamantium claws, particularly in the bathroom scene, inspired much derisive audience laughter. You'd think in a movie explicitly about a mutant with metallic claws, that would get more CGI attention than anything, especially when incarnations in previous films (by the same FX studio, even!) were pretty good quality.

* {{Squick}}: Wade Wilson's mouth being sewn shut, effectively rendering him the Merc with No Mouth. It's just as unnerving to look at as one might think.

** Wade Wilson[=/=]Deadpool. After getting the chance to display a weary snarky persona, he's taken out of the film until the climax, where we see that Stryker has basically turned him into an HumanoidAbomination. His mouth being sown shut essentially robbing him of the sole trait he had in the movie.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: So we have the opening scene, which establishes that Logan is indeed older than he appears to be, having been born in the 1800s. So no doubt the movie will take advantage of this immortality-based storytelling device and make the movie about Logan's life leading up to the implantation of his adamantium skeleton, right? Nah, let's just relegate that potentially interesting story into a three minute opening credit sequence in favor of a plot that will ultimately become irrelevant due to the inevitable amnesia Logan will suffer from.
** To expand, in the opening scene we're shown Wolverine and Sabertooth fighting side-by-side in the American Civil War, World Wars I & II, and Vietnam. Any of those would have made interesting movies and they're relegated to a 10 minutes sequence.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Just about everyone did this. Creator/RyanReynolds and Liev Schreiber in particular stand out, making the most of their roles as Wade Wilson and Sabretooth respectively. Reynolds's performance even got him his own, much better-received spinoff franchise.
* WTHCastingAgency: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Creator/LievSchreiber, who's about a foot shorter than Tyler Mane, as Victor Creed. He's excellent in the role and pretty intimidating, but it's still a tad jarring. Meanwhile Creator/DannyHuston, the actor playing the young Stryker, is about a foot taller than Creator/BrianCox, who played Stryker in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. Even barring height, Cox and Huston look nothing alike.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: While not a ''brilliant'' game, the video game is a fun, gory hack-and-slash with well-working gameplay mechanics, plenty of fanservice, and expanded plot points. In fact, the game seems to be more well-received than the movie it's based on! (As the developers worked on the also-very-well-received ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'', ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', the two most recent titles in the ''Star Wars VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek: Elite Force'', this may not actually be surprising.) Ironically, the story of the game works rather well when it's ''not'' trying to follow the plot of the movie. Interestingly, it also ends on a cliffhanger/possible sequel hook that is completely unrelated to the film's plot. Ironically, though, it sets up ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' fairly well except for the future ContinuitySnarl that is Trask.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: The film is mostly about a heterosexual relationship, but the relationship between Wolverine and Sabretooth is too strong to be unintentional. While both characters repeatedly talk about how they're 'brothers', the constant SomethingElseAlsoRises, playful flirting, eyeing each other, phallic symbolism, and grappling each other while yelling "Feels good, doesn't it?" kind of ruins the 'brothers' vibe. It's worth noting that the comic-book version of Wolverine's childhood featured a significant redhead named Rose as his first love interest. The first scenes in the movie are copied almost directly from the comic, except with a young Sabretooth in Rose's place.

** In stark contrast to the effects used to make Creator/PatrickStewart look younger in ''The Last Stand'', which are still impressive even today, the comparable effects here look incredibly rushed and overdone, making him look more like a half-finished waxwork model. It's very also obvious that Stewart's scenes were filmed separately from those of the mutants that Xavier rescues, thanks to the unconvincing composite shot that depicts them together.

* UncannyValley: The film features a cameo of [[spoiler:Professor Xavier]], which uses CGI to de-age him. The problem is, it's less-than-spectacular CGI and it just succeeds in making him look ''really creepy''--kinda like Humpty Dumpty. The same effect was used in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' to de-age [[spoiler:both Xavier and Magneto]], but was much better-looking and a lot more convincing.

** [[MightyGlacier Fred Dukes, AKA The Blob]], is also pretty well received. He’s [[AdaptationalHeroism much more sympathetic then his comic book counterpart]] and has a short but funny fight scene against Wolverine.

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* WTHCastingAgency: {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Creator/LievSchreiber, who's about a foot shorter than Tyler Mane, as Victor Creed. He's excellent in the role and pretty intimidating, but it's still a tad jarring. Meanwhile Creator/DannyHuston, the actor playing the young Stryker, is like a foot taller than Creator/BrianCox, who played Stryker in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. Even barring height, Cox and Huston look nothing alike.

* FoeYay: Wolverine and Sabretooth have always had a fair amount of FoeYay that's attracted the eye of shippers, because of the intense, obsessive, vitriolic and ultimately unhealthy rivalry they share. The two mutants being portrayed as brothers in this film didn't put a damper on the pre-existing Logan / Victor ship. In fact, Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber's macho, tough guy portrayals of the rival, feral mutants actually increased it. See also RelationshipWritingFumble.

* CriticalBacklash: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon however the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' lead to people viewing this movie in a more positive light and what helps is it's entertainment value, the origin story, great action scenes which all in all makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone (as well as incomplete story as it was originally intended as the first movie of a trilogy) of Dark Phoenix]]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'', thereby making this a simple yet fun standalone action flick and that way developing a CultFollowing.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Hydrochlorothiazide is mentioned as a drug that slows down a person's heart rate. However, medical professionals would probably start laughing uncontrollably because that drug is actually used as a diuretic!

* VindicatedByHistory: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon however the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' lead to people liking this movie more if only because it's entertainment value makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone of the latter]]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/Deadpool2'', thereby making this a simple yet fun standalone action flick.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: While not a ''brilliant'' game, the video game of the movie is a fun, gory hack-and-slash with well-working gameplay mechanics, plenty of fanservice, and expanded plot points. In fact, the game seems to be more well-received than the movie it's based on! (As the developers worked on the also-very-well-received ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'', ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', the two most recent titles in the ''Star Wars VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek: Elite Force'', this may not actually be surprising.) Ironically, the story of the game works rather well when it's ''not'' trying to follow the plot of the movie. Interestingly, it also ends on a cliffhanger/possible sequel hook that is completely unrelated to the film's plot. Ironically, though, it sets up ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' fairly well except for the future ContinuitySnarl that is Trask.

* HilariousInHindsight: In one of the few instances of a Marvel game not having Creator/SteveBlum as Wolverine, the game has him as pre-[[Franchise/MortalKombat Barakapool]] Wade Wilson. Starting with ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Blum would voice the real Baraka.
* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The game is considered by many as a major improvement over the film.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Okay, Wraith. Try to take Sabretooth on. Never mind the fact you're trying to ''punch'' a man with an absurd HealingFactor to death. Sabretooth getting a OneHitKill was probably a mercy because every punch Wraith landed probably would be doing more damage to himself.
** Agent Zero is sent to take out Wolverine, discovering that he's been taken in by a couple, and decides to kill the couple as well if only so he leaves no witnesses - armed with a sniper rifle and in possession of the means to blow up the barn.\\
'''You'd expect:''' Him to blow up the barn first, and then shoot any survivors.\\
'''Instead:'''He opts to shoot the Hudsons first, and ''then'' blows up the barn.\\
'''Result:'''Logan now has enough time to escape, and the ensuing chase scene ends with Logan blowing up Zero.

%%* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Teenaged Cyclops]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Okay, Wraith. Try to take Sabretooth on. Never mind the fact you're trying to ''punch'' a man with an absurd HealingFactor to death. Sabretooth getting a OneHitKill was probably a mercy because every punch Wraith landed probably would be doing more damage to himself.

* VindicatedByHistory: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon however the abysmal reception of ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' lead to people liking this movie more if only because it's entertainment value makes it more enjoyable to watch than the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring humorless and disjointed tone of the latter]]. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' thereby making this a simple yet fun standalone action flick.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Creator/LievSchreiber's Victor Creed has caught the eye of the fangirls.

** Creator/LievSchreiber's take on Sabretooth has also been received well, mainly due to [[AxCrazy having the personality down]] and being [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct genuinely terrifying]]. All despite [[ContinuitySnarl looking nothing like]] Sabretooth in ''X-Men 1'' (who many agree looked right but was let down by the writing).

* VindicatedByHistory: Granted it's not going to be on anyone's favorite X-Men movie list anytime soon however the abysmal reception of''Film/DarkPhoenix'' lead to people liking this movie more if only because it's entertainment value makes it more enjoyable to watch than the humorless and disjointed tone of the latter. It also helps that the worst aspects of this movie's plot (namely the InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool) has been retconned out of continuity thanks to ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' thereby making this a simple yet fun standalone action flick.