Indeed, if you do Plot
only
Plot[-Log[(x^2 - 2 x + 2) Sqrt[x^4 - 2 x^3 + 3 x^2 + 2 x + 1] + x^4 - 3 x^3 + 5 x^2 - 2 x], {x, -10, 10}]
plots. The other does not Plot because it is complex (and not just
that it has some complex numbers inside, those can be plotted
sometimes).
You should say:
only
Plot[Log[(x^2 - 2 x + 2) Sqrt[x^4 - 2 x^3 + 3 x^2 + 2 x + 1] + x^4 -
3 x^3 + 5 x^2 - 2 x], {x, -10, 10}]
plots.
In fact, as for the result given by Wolfram, while running plot, I noticed that an image of a similar shape flashed and then disappeared.