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1* AntiClimaxBoss: The Silver Samurai. Most complaints are about his overhyped feature in the film yet his single fight scene did not last long in the climax. And he's the modern PoweredArmor version, to boot.
2* BetterOnDVD: The Blu-Ray Extended Cut adds a lot more blood and violence to the proceedings.
3* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[BadassAdorable Yukio]], Logan's self-proclaimed sidekick, acquired some remarkable popularity amongst the fanbase and movie audiences. Many were disappointed when she disappeared from the franchise after this film and was [[Film/Deadpool2 rebooted]] as a completely different character.
4* FetishRetardant: Viper attempts to be a MsFanservice, but fails. This was due to a bad wardrobe choice, among other things.
5* HarsherInHindsight: Yukio's vision of Logan holding his heart in his hands is meant to foreshadow [[spoiler:him ripping out the nanomachines draining his HealingFactor]] later in the film, but also [[spoiler:his death in ''Film/{{Logan}}'' holding Laura's hand. Although unplanned when ''The Wolverine'' was filmed, James Mangold, who directed both films, confirmed that this was a deliberate CallBack]].
6* ImprovedByTheReCut: This film has an Unrated Cut that adds a bit more character development and extends the Wolverine vs Black Clan fight. It is generally preferred over the theatrical cut.
7* MoralEventHorizon: The villains go to great lengths for their cause:
8** Shingen [[spoiler: puts a hit on his own daughter because his father named Mariko as the sole heir of the zaibatsu. The gang of Yakuzas in his employ are associated with Noburo, the corrupt Minister of Justice and Mariko's (arranged) fiance.]]
9** Ichiro Yashida [[spoiler: fakes his own death to keep himself behind the scenes. He put the zaibatsu in near bankruptcy due to his obsession with Logan's mutant powers. He then uses the armor to steal Logan's healing factor. Harada had been the faithful servant who guarded Mariko, who ended up getting killed by Yashida's madness.]]
10* {{Narm}}:
11** Logan jumping over the guy on the bullet train whilst ''screaming''. Try not to laugh.
12** During the climax, Viper chases after Wolverine and Mariko, and hisses as she does so. Both her run and the hiss look and sound ridiculous.
13* OlderThanTheyThink: The deleted ending scene of the film is similar to the ending of the ''ComicBook/UltimateWolverine'' miniseries. In that series, Jimmy Hudson, Wolverine's son who is NotWearingTights, gets the famous Wolverine suit for himself. And also there, he would never actually use it.
14* QuestionableCasting: At first, Svetlana Khodchenkova's casting as Viper got this reaction mostly due to her not being very well-known in the west, as almost all of her prior roles had been in films and TV shows made in her native Russia. After the film's release, however, most critics and audience members seemed to agree that she was badly miscast, with some comparing her performance to Creator/UmaThurman's notorious turn as Poison Ivy in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', and instead of being her breakout role, it ended up torpedoing her Hollywood career right out of the gate.
15* TheScrappy: Viper was left as an enormously bitchy SmugSnake with FetishRetardant. Didn't help her case when Viper's characterization here gives her snake powers.[[note]](she didn't have any in the comics, as she was originally "Evil Black Widow")[[/note]] As a final punch to the gut, she has absolutely ''nothing'' to do with her comic book counterpart, and even her relationships with other characters are dumbed down. Between all of this and Creator/SvetlanaKhodchenkova's performance in the role coming in for criticism, more than a few fans consider Viper to be the single worst villain in the entire ''X-Men'' film series,[[note]](Well, unless you count [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Weapon XI]], but he's more of a mind-controlled mook than anything else)[[/note]] despite the film itself having an overall quite positive reception.
16* SignatureScene: TheStinger, which features the return of [[spoiler: Magneto and Professor X.]]
17* SpecialEffectFailure:
18** It's quite obvious that the train action scene is filmed in front of a green screen.
19** The Silver Samurai suit doesn't look as convincing as it should be, considering how well-rendered armored battle suits in movies like ''Film/IronMan'' are nowadays.
20** While the digital bear at the beginning of the film is somewhat hokey, the practical-effects created bear that appears shortly afterward just screams animatronic.
21** When the Black Clan turns Logan into a HumanPincushion, the arrows in his back often bend at angles that should be impossible if they were really made of wood or metal.
22* StrangledByTheRedString: Logan gets this twice over:
23** Logan's unresolved feelings for Jean play a major role in his development, which becomes odd when FridgeLogic factors in and viewers realize they never really spent much time together.
24** Logan constantly dreams about Jean Grey and wishes to be with her again yet he shares a few intimate moments with Mariko, who's already engaged to another man at the time and only knows him for a few days. The film noir setting could justify this relationship as a form of comfort for Logan.
25* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Reviews made it one to ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''. While ''The Wolverine'' certainly isn't universally loved, most everyone considers it leagues ahead of its predecessor. It can also be considered one to ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', since ''The Wolverine'' takes place after [[spoiler:Logan was forced to kill Jean Grey]].
26* TearJerker: The scene where Logan kills the bear. The bear literally asks him to put it out of its misery. Imagine Logan reliving the moment when he was forced to kill Jean.
27* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Viewers that heard about the film's setting and initial premise were intrigued by the idea of Logan going to Japan and being trained to be a samurai (similar to ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and [[MythologyGag Wolverine's backstory in the comics]]). This never happens, and the film is mostly just Logan doing what he usually does [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace but in Japan]]. [[spoiler: Logan ''does'' end up fighting Shingen who is in Samurai armor]], though he just uses his claws. He later fights [[spoiler: the Silver Samurai]] with a sword, though he never uses the sword that Yashida gave to him.
28* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The violence in the film and the usage of two "fucks" is quite questionable for a [=PG-13=] rated superhero movie.
29* WinBackTheCrowd: The film ([[BroadStrokes mostly]]) discarded the previous ''Wolverine'' film and basically started from spin-off scratch, adapting one of the most famous comic arcs for the character and going for a smaller and more personal scale for the character. The result was far more well-received than ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', enough for Fox to kick the tires on ''Film/{{Logan}}'' with Creator/HughJackman and director Creator/JamesMangold returning.
30* WTHCostumingDepartment: The outfit that Viper wears during the climax tries to avert MovieSuperheroesWearBlack, but ends up proving that there's a very good reason why this series helped popularize that trope in the first place, with the outfit just looking silly, impractical, and seriously out of place next to the more realistic outfits generally worn elsewhere.

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