Again, I gotta disagree, especially when compared to
Spider-Man '02. Anyone is of course perfectly entitled to
prefer the various characterizations of that movie, but, if one were counting screen time and distinct character beats, I think one would find that
ASM1's Ben, May, and Gwen all get objectively more development than
SM1's Ben, May, and MJ. (Connors and Norman Osborn probably get similar amounts of development, and I'll freely admit Connors' characterization lifts a lot from
SM2's Doc Ock.) And, I think the Peter-Gwen relationship is far more built up and credible than Maguire and Dunst making drippy faces at each other, particularly since
ASM1's Peter doesn't gaslight his crush by maintaining his double identity.
(And, again, I gotta ask:
why are Peter and Harry such close friends in
SM1, such that they share an apartment? What do a rich lout who's flunked out of several private schools and a painfully shy nerd have in common? IIRC, the movie cheats by having them start out as best friends, albeit for no discernible reason.)